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INTRODUCTION. 


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CONTENTS 


INTRODUCTION. ^ 5 

Terms Used In Crochet. 12 

Crochet Work. 13—54 

Afghan. 47 

Afghan, very handsome and easy. 25, 26 

Antimacassars. 21, 22 

Antimacassar, or Couvre-pied. 14 

Antimacassar, Diamond Pattern. 20 

Antimacassar, Rose, Round Shape. 18 

Antimacassar, Star-fish Pattern. 19 

Antimacassars, Woolen. 16 

Bib, Child’s. 48 

Bib, Child’s Crochet. 46 

Boot, Baby’s. 29,30 

Boots, Baby’s, in Flannel. 30 

Boots, for a Child of One Year. 31 

Boots, Lady’s Bedroom. 36 

Counterpane, Baby’s Berceaunette, or Sofa Couvrette. 37 

Counterpanes. 26 

Cover, Baby’s Berceaunette. 38 

Crochet Stitches, Fancy. 40—42 

Edging.22, 23, 49, 50 

Fanclion, Lady’s. 44 

Fringe, Short, for Mats &c . 15 

Glove, Crochet Scouring. 43 

Hair-pin-box, Crochet..... 43 

Hood, Baby’s. 33 

Insertion. 50 

Mat, Corded, or Lampstand. I 7 
































CONTENTS 


viii 

Mats, for Common Use. 38 

Mitten, Baby’s. 27 

Muff and Leggings, Crochet. 62 

Overshoe, Lady’s. 62 

Petticoat, Baby’s. 32 

Petticoat, for a Child of Six or Eight. 32 

Petticoat, Lady’s. 34 

Pincushion. 34 

Purse. 37 

Purse, Long. 35 

Rag-Bag, Crochet. 63 

Shawl, Cross-over.*... 23 

Shawl, House, Lady’s Small. 25 

Shawl, Shetland, White and Scarlet. 13 

Shawls, Small.. 24 

Slipper, Lady’s. 51 

Slipper, Lady’s Bedroom. 28 

Stripes, Crochet, for Sofa Pillow. 45 

Tidies, Crochet Wheel for.'. 47, 48 

Tidy, Worsted Medallion. 39 

Watch-Case, Crochet. 54 

Watch-Chains, Round. 16 

Knitting Work. 55—109 

Explanations. 55 

Antimacassar or Couvrette, easy and handsome Pattern. 73 

Antimacassar, Persian. 74 

Balls, Knitted. 103 

Bodice, High. 92 

Boot, Knitted. 102 

Boot, Baby's... 62, 66 

Border, Another pretty Pattern. 84 

Border, Rose-Bud Pattern. 83 

Cable Knitting. 85—87 

Carriage-Rug, Raised Plait Knitting for.. 74 

Cloud, Canadian. 83 

Comforters. 67 

Coral, Imitation. 109 

Cover, Baby’s Cradle. 75 

Double Knitting. 66 

Double Knitting, with Four Pins. 67 

Fringe.<. 78 

Fringe, Woolen. 78 

Gaiter, Child’s. 95 

Gaiter, Infant’s. 103 

Hearth-Rug. 77 

Hood, Baby’s. 97 

Instep, Decreasing for. 53 

Jacket, Baby’s. 94 

Knee-Cap. 9 g 

Lattice Pattern. 87 

Loop Knitting. 77 

Muffatee, Ermine. 69 






















































CONTENTS 


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MufFatee, Gentleman’s. 70 

Muffatee, Lady’s. 70 

Petticoat, Lady’s. 79 

Petticoat, Lady’s, Scarlet and white. 78 

Purses, Knitted. 71 

Quilt, Common Pattern. 79 

Quilt, Knitted. 76 

Quilt, Laurel Leaf Pattern. 80 

Quilt, Maltese Pattern. 81 

Reins, Child’s, Knitted. 103 

Rug, Box-Pattern. 108 

Rug, Knitted. 108 

Sack, Child’s.J. 101 

Shawl, Shetland.. 73,105 

Shirt, Child’s.*...... 99 

Shirt, Infant’s. 98 

Sock, Boy’s. 60 

Sock for a Boy of Fifteen. 61 

Sock for a Boy of Twelve. 60 

Sock for a Child of Two Years Old. 58 

Sock, Gentleman’s. 61 

Sock, Gentleman’s Ribbed. 62 

Socks, Infant’s.. 97 

Sock, Night or Carriage, in Double Knitting. 68 

Socks and Stockings, General Remarks on. 55 

Sock or Stocking, to decrease for the Toe of a. 57 

Sofa Cushion, Round. 95 

Stitches, Fancy.1. 88—91 

Stocking, Ribbed, for a Boy or Girl, about Eight Years Old. 58 

Stocking, Gentleman’s Knickerbocker. 59 

Stocking for a Girl of Fourteen... 61 

Stocking or Sock, Heel of a. 56 

Stripes, Arrow Pattern in. 85 

Stripes for a Sofa or Carriage Rug... 104,105 

Suspender, Knitted. 99 

Vest or Jersey, Lady’s Knitted Woolen. 71 

Waistcoats, Gentleman’s. 69 







































TERMS USED IN CROCHET. 


“Chain-stitch” consists in merely drawing the thread 
through the last loop. 

“Single Crochet” is to insert the hook in a loop of the 
preceding row, then draw the thread through both the 
loop and stitch at once. 

“Double Crochet” is to draw the thread through a loop 
in the lower row, then draw it through the other two 
stitches. 

“Treble” is to put the cotton over the hook and insert 
the latter into a loop; draw the cotton first through the 
loop, then through two stitches, then again through the 
last two stitches. 

“A Long Treble” is the same as the above, except that 
the cotton is drawn first through only one stitch, then 
through two, and again through the last two. 

Almost any one can crochet; but the stitches used are 
sometimes called by different terms, therefore the above 
explanations will serve to prevent any confusion in work¬ 
ing the following directions. 



CROCHET WORK. 


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White and Scarlet Shetland Shawl, 

LARGE SIZE. 

(9 ozs .white and 2 ozs. scarlet Shetland wool.) 

This must be done loosely, with a small ivory or bone 
crochet-hook. 

Make a chain of 6 stitches for the foundation. Now 
work 3 more chain, and do a treble into the 4th from the 
needle; that is, in the last stitch of the foundation. Do 

2 more treble, 1 chain, miss 1 loop, and do three treble; 
miss 1 loop and do a treble into the last stitch. 

2nd row—3 chain, 2 treble, worked into the hole 
between the 1st and 2nd stitches, 1 chain, miss 3 loops, 
and work 3 treble into the next hole; 1 chain, 1 treble 
into last loop. 

3rd row—3 chain, 2 treble, into the 1st hole, 1 chain, 

3 treble, into the next hole, 1 chain, 1 treble, into the last 
stitch. You ought now to have formed a small square 
mat, and henceforth the shawl is very simple. 3 treble, 
1 chain, alternately; increase at each corner by working: 
3 treble, I chain, 3 treble, all into one hole. The 1st 


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round you will be obliged to work into loops, but after 
that, into the holes formed by the i chain. As the shawl 
gets larger, you must do 2 instead of 1 chain. For the 
border, do 5 rounds in scarlet, then 10 in white; then 
scarlet again for several inches, and end with a scallop 
formed thus:—1 single, 1 double, 1 treble, 1 long treble, 
2 chain, 1 long treble, 1 treble, 1 double. Repeat. 

For a smaller shawl you would only require 7 ozs. 
white wool, but the same amount of scarlet. 


Handsome Antimacassar , or Couvre-pied . 

The following pattern is rather small, but it can of 
course be made any size. It is a very good one for using 
up odds and ends of wool, as the rings can all be made of 
different colors, and joined with black and white. 

You will require 2 shades of grey and 2 of red: 4 ozs. 
altogether. 1 oz. black and 1-2 oz. yellow. 

Make a chain of 25 with the darkest shade of red, and 
unite with a double stitch. Do a double into every loop. 

2nd round—1 double worked into the first hole between 
two stitches, 1 chain. Continue thus, working into every 
hole. 

3rd round—Join the lightest shade and do another 
round like the 2nd. This ring is now finished. Begin 
another with 25 chain in grey, but before uniting the two 
ends pass one through the last ring, so as to join them 
together in a link. You continue in this way with every 
ring in alternate colors, until your antimacassar is the right 
length. Then, with yellow, work a double stitch into a 
hole in the 1st ring, 1 chain, 1 double, into the next hole 
of the same ring. Continue thus to work into 8 holes, 
then pass on to the next ring. Do 2 more rows in the 



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same manner with black. The stripe is now finished on 
this side. Do exactly the same on the other, first one row 
of yellow, then two of black. 

When four stripes are finished join them together with 
yellow wool. Now continue the rings of the outer stripes 
on the top and bottom, each corner ring being left inde¬ 
pendent, not joined in any way to the middle part. It 
must, of course, pass through the other two rings; in 
joining the chain of the last one you must remember that 
it has to go through 2 instead of 1. Then sew the top 
and bottom on to the other part. 

For the border, begin on the top corner at the right- 
hand side with yellow, by doing a treble into one of the 
holes, 1 chain, a treble into the next hole, and so on, 8 
altogether, joining the 1 st stitch of the next color as you 
are working the 8th stitch. Pass to the next ring and 
work in the same manner, this time only doing 7. Never 
forget to take up a loop of the next ring in doing the last 
treble. 

The next two rounds are black, then irt yellow, 4 chain, 
1 single, for one round. 


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Woolen Antimacassars. 

If the preceding pattern be too difficult, stripes of 
simple 3 treble, 2 chain, alternately, is pretty. 

i row of treble, i row of holes, in turns, of black 
shaded through red to the palest pink or white, looks very 
nice. 

Also, i chain, 2 double, i chain, 2 double, and so on. 
There can be no great variety in the stitches, but very 
handsome couvre-pieds can be made by a judicious ar¬ 
rangement of colors. 

However, all the following patterns, which are given 
for cotton, look very handsome in wool. 

The rose pattern (p. 18) looks extremely well with the 
roses done in shaded red, and the other part either a rich 
brown, green, or black. 


Round Watch-Chains. 

(4 ozs. small black beads and 4 skeins of purse twist are required.) 

The price varies according to the length. 

Thread the beads first. 

Make a chain of 7 stitches, unite with a single stitch 
into a little ring. Now work round this ring in double 
stitches, taking up a bead each time. Thus: insert the 
crochet-hook in a loop, then push up a bead close to the 
work; now pull the silk through the loop: in this way 
the bead is kept tight. 

Go on with these rounds until your chain is long 
enough. Attach a black swivel at the end, where the 
chain is joined together. 

These are very pretty chains for mourning, instead of 
jet or vulcanite. 



Corded Mat or Lamp-stand. 

Have ready a ball of cable cord, also i oz. of green, 
red, or violet shaded Berlin wool. 

Begin by making a small ring of white cord. Sew it 
up with white cotton. Now entirely cover the cord with 
double crochet worked into the ring. 

2nd round—Work over this end of cord into the loop 
below. Every row is exactly alike in double crochet, but 
increase about every 4 or 5 stitches to keep the mat flat; 
at the commencement you will have to increase rather 
oftener than you need, as the mat gets larger. Finish off 
with a knitted fringe, or else an edging of, first 3 chain, 1 
treble ; the next row, 4 chain and 1 treble into the preced¬ 
ing hole, and so on. Each time make a larger number of 
chain-stitches. The fringe, described below, is also very 
suitable. This makes very pretty mats, and is both quick 
and easy. 


Short Fringe for Mats , dec. 

Have three balls of Berlin wool ready. Suppose your 
mat is made of two colors, red and white, take 2 balls of 
red and 1 of white. Join them, and begin by working 1 
treble into the edge of the mat; put the threefold wool 
round the forefinger of the left hand, and then work a 
double stitch; 1 chain, miss 1 loop, and repeat. 

In the second round repeat the above, but go into the 
loop which you missed before. 



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Rose Antimacassar: Round Shape. 

(4 spools crochet cotton No. 16.) 

Work 9 chain and unite them with a single stitch into a 
ring. 

i st round—3 chain 1 double into the ring. Do this 4 
more times. To make the explanation easier we will call 
the double stitch “the inlet.” 

2nd round—1 single stitch, 5 long treble, 1 double, all 
into the first hole. Each of these 5 holes forms a petal of 
the rose, and ought to curl inwards when you have done 
a few rounds. 

3rd round—4 chain 1 double into the inlet. Repeat. 

4th round—1 double, 1 treble, 3 long treble, 1 treble, 1 
double, all into the ring formed by the 4 chain. Do the 
same with all the other rings. 

5th round—The same as 3rd. 

6th round—1 double, 5 long treble, 1 double. Repeat. 

7th round—6 chain, 1 double into the inlet. 

8th round—i single, 9 treble, 1 single. Repeat with 
the other 4 rings. You have now done the center rose ; 
finish it off. 

Now begin round it. Work a treble into the third loop 
of one of the outer petals, 6 chain, miss 3 loops. Re¬ 
peat. At the end join the last of the 6 chain to the 1st 
treble by a single stitch. 

2nd round—5 chain * 1 treble into the next loop, 3 
chain, miss 2 loops, 1 treble, 3 chain. Repeat from * 

3rd round—Begin with 7 chain and 1 treble into the 
1st large hole. The rest is like the 2nd round, only go 
into the hole itself instead of into the 2 center loops. 

4th round—like the 3rd. 

Now the center of the antimacassar is finished, and you 
begin again with a rose like the first. In working 


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the middle stitch of the last petal, crochet it to one of the 
triangular loops of the center part. 

Do another rose, joining it to the last, miss 3 holes and 
join it at the 4tH to the center. Continue thus. You 
must put 10 roses round. 

Now begin again with 5 chain 1 treble alternately all 
round. 

The next round is like 2nd. Do 3 more in the same 
manner ; then put roses again : this time there must be a 
circle of 20. 

Do a round of 1 treble 5 chain. 

The next round, 1 treble 1 chain. 

Then 5 rounds like the 2nd. Put a fringe. 

This is also beautiful in fleecy wool for a couvrette. 


Antimacassar: Star-fish Pattern . 

(Cotton, No. 8 or 6.) 

Make a chain of 6 stitches and unite. Into this ring 
work n double. Then work another round of double 
into every loop. 

3rd round—Work 7 chain; now work 6 double stitches, 
one into every loop of these stitches; altogether you 
ought to have 6 double ; miss 1 loop, 2 double. Repeat. 

4th round—You must now work double stitches all 
round the points, increasing twice at the top. At the 
bottom you miss 1 loop, then do another double, miss 1 
loop, then double in every loop. 

Crochet the stars together at the points and finish off 
with tassels. 



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Antimacassar: Diamond Pattern . 

Make a chain as long as you desire the width of your 
antimacassar to be. , 

ist row—A treble into every loop. 

2nd row—Turn, and do 3 treble, 3 chain, miss 3 loops. 
Repeat. 

3rd row—Turn, and do 5 chain. *3 treble into the ist 
hole; 2 chain 3 more treble into the same hole; 2 chain 
1 treble into the next hole ; 2 chain. Repeat from*. 

4th row—Turn, and do 5 chain. *3 treble into the hole 
formed by the 2 chain in the preceding row; 2 chain 3 
more treble into the same hole; 2 chain, miss 4 loops, 
and do 1 double into the solitary treble stitch of the 3rd 
row. 2 chain and repeat from *. 

5th row—Turn, and do 5 chain. 3 treble into the mid¬ 
dle of the 6 treble in preceding row; 2 chain 3 more 
treble into the same hole ; 7 chain. Repeat. 

6th row—Do the 6 treble divided by 2 chain the same 
as in the other rows. Then 2 chain and 1 double into the 
middle of the 7 chain-stitches. 2 more chain and repeat. 

Continue in this way until the work is long enough. 
Tie in a fringe ; cut 6 pieces of crochet cotton, each about 
six inches long; with your crochet hook draw them 
through the outer holes, then double them and tie in a 
knot. 



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Antimacassar . 

(3 spools of white and 3 of pink crochet cotton. No. 20 is a good size.) 

Make a chain of 8 stitches and unite them, 
ist round—5 chain and 1 treble into the middle hole. 
Repeat 4 times. 

2nd round—Into each of these 5 holes *work 1 double, 

2 treble ; then do 3 chain, 2 treble, 1 double. 

3rd round—5 chain 3 treble into the 1 st hole ; 3 chain 
then 3 more treble into the same hole; 5 chain 1 single¬ 
stitch into the centre loop between the two points. 
Repeat. 

4th round—* 5 chain 3 treble into the hole at the point, 

3 chain 3 more treble into the same hole; 5 chain 1 
double into the next hole. Repeat from*. 

5th round—The same as 3rd. 

6th round—A double into every loop of the 5 chain in 
the previous row; do another double stitch; 2 treble. 
Now work 4 treble into the center loop, 2 treble, the re¬ 
mainder double. Repeat. 

When a sufficient number of these stars are done, sew 
them together by the points. Finish off with tassels. 


Antimacassar. 

Make a chain about 23 inches long. You must leave 
off at the end of every row. 

Do 2 rows of 1 treble in every loop. 

3rd row—* 9 treble, 6 chain, miss 2 loops; 1 double, 
12 chains, miss 8 loops; 1 double, 6 chain, miss 3 loops. 
Repeat from *. 

4th row—9 treble, 11 chain, 1 double, into the middle 
loop of the preceding 12 chain ; take 2 loops together so 
as to make it come exactly in the middle. Then do an¬ 
other 11 chain. Repeat from*. 






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Do these last 2 rows alternately, and when the antima¬ 
cassar is long enough work 2 rows of treble to match the 
beginning. 

Add a fringe on all four sides. 


Antimacassar . 

(Fleecy, or double Berlin, and ivory hook.) 

Do a stripe of knitting in lattice pattern, in any bright 
solor, then with a contrasting shade do a stripe of cro- 
chetted rings (see p. 14), and sew neatly together on the 
wrong side. Blue and yellow, or scarlet and black, go 
well together. Finish off with tassels. 


Edging . 

Numberless pretty edgings can be made with Cordon 
braid, which is very narrow, with small picots or loops of 
cotton at regular intervals down each side. 

Take up some of the loops, missing others; in this 
way many variations can be made. The following is a 
nice pattern:— 

Have two knots of braid and crochet cotton, No.. 20. 
Begin with* a single stitch into a picot, 2 chain, single 
into the next picot. Repeat 4 times ; 5 altogether. Miss 
7 picots and repeat from*. When a sufficient length is 
done, begin at the lower part in the same way. 

2nd round—On the lower part, 1 double into the 1st 
hole, 3 chain, 1 double into the next. Repeat. Between 
the scallops do not work any chain-stitches, but merely go 
from 1 double stitch to the next double. 

Put a heading of 2 chain, jl single. 




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A neat Edging , very quick . 

(A steel crochet-hook and spool of No. 1 crochet cotton.) 

Work 3 chain-stitches. Take a common hair-pin and 
insert one end of it into the ist and the other end into the 
3rd stitch. 

Now hold the hair-pin between your left thumb and 
forefinger, the crochet-hook being in the right hand in the 
middle of the hair-pin. Turn the hair-pin round from 
right to left, so as to let the cotton pass round one prong. 

Draw the thread through the stitch on the crochet-hook. 

Then do a single stitch into the loop on the left prong 
of the hair-pin. Repeat. When you have made as long 
a piece as you may require put a heading to it in the fol¬ 
lowing way:—A double stitch into a loop, then 1 chain 
and a double stitch into the next loop, and so on. 

Several yards can be made in the course of an hour: it 
makes a pretty trimming for children’s under-clothing. 


Cross-over Shawl . 

(To tie behind, for wearing under the Jacket.) 

You will require I 1-2 oz. white and 1 oz. pink Berlin 
wool 

Make a chain of 7 stitches and unite with a treble, do 2 
more treble into the hole, then 1 chain and 3 more into 
the hole. 

2nd row—2 chain and then 2 treble in between the ist 
and 2nd stitch, so as to increase; 1 chain 3 treble into the 
middle hole, then 1 chain and 3 more treble again into 
the middle hole. This makes the increasing for the 
center. Do 1 chain and 3 treble between the last 2 
stitches. 





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Every row is alike. When you have done about 24 
rows join the pink, and do 5 of that; then 5 of white, and 
so on. Edge the shawl with a scallop the whole way 
round, neck and all, worked thus: 1 single, 1 treble, 1 
long treble, 1 chain, 1 long treble worked into the next 
loop, 1 treble. Repeat. Put either white or pink ribbon 
strings at the two ends. 


Small Shawls. 

These shawls are suitable either for children or women. 

Make a chain long enough for the neck. The 1st row 
is*3 treble, 2 chain, miss 2 loops ; repeat from*, In the 
2nd row, when you come to the middle hole, work twice 
into it, to increase. Thus: when you have worked 3 
treble, do the 2 chain as usual, but insert the needle into 
the same hole again, and do 3 more treble into it. 

You must also increase at the beginning of every row 
by doing 3 chain and then working 2 treble between the 
1st and 2nd stitches, thus making an extra hole every 
time. 

Repeat these 2 increasings in every row until the shawl 
is long enough. 

These always prove very acceptable gifts to poor wom¬ 
en in the cold weather. 

A pretty variation can be made, by doing them in 2 
shades of grey about 5 inches wide, or alternately grey 
and scarlet; or merely make a scarlet border. 



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Lady's small House Shawl. 

(3 ozs. white Berlin and 2 ozs. of pink.) 

Work as in the preceding pattern with a medium-sized 
ivory crochet-needle, varying the border according to 
taste. Either make 8 rows of each alternately, or do io 
rounds of pink, then 5 of white, then 10 of pink and so 
on. But do at least a third of the shawl in white before 
beginning with the pink. 


Very handsome and easy Afghan. 

(3>£ lbs. of 4-thread fleecy wool.) 

This is done in stripes of green and orange; 4 shades 
of the latter, from dark brown down to pale yellow, and 
3 shades of green. 

Make a chain in brown of 76 stitches, with a rather 
coarse bone crochet-hook ; you must leave off at every row. 

1st row—Work a double stitch into every chain. 

Do 2 more rows in this manner. 

4th row—Begin the 2nd shade, and work a double cro¬ 
chet row. 

5th row—Begin with a treble stitch, * do 1 chain, and 
work a treble into the the next but one. Repeat from *. 

6th row—All double stitches, worked into every chain. 

7th row—-Join the 3rd shade, and make holes as in the 
5th row. Be sure to begin with a treble and only 1 chain, 
so that the holes may come evenly above the others. 

8th row—Double crochet into every stitch. 

9th row—-Join the palest shade and make holes as in 
the 5th row. 

10th row—Plain into every stitch. 

nth row—Join the darkest shade of green and work a 
plain row. 

12th row—Make holes. 




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13th row—A plain row with the second shade of green 

14th row—Make holes. 

15th row—-Join the light shade and work a plain row. 

16th row—Make holes. 

You have now done the half of the green stripe, finish 
it in an inverse way by doing 1 more plain row in the 
lightest shade, and then joining the second shade. When 
you have finished the green stripe join on the darkest 
shade of orange, and work 1 plain row, 1 with holes, and 
1 more plain. Join the 2nd shade, and do 1 plain row, 1 
with holes, and 1 plain. Join the 3rd shade of yellow, 1 
row with holes and 1 plain. Do the same with the 4th 
shade. You ought now to have done 10 rows—3 dark, 3 
lighter, 2 of the next shade, and 2 of the palest color. 
Repeat these stripes until you have done 13, and add a 
fringe. 

Another: very handsome Pattern . 

Work the stitches as in the preceding pattern, but ar- 1 
range the colors in the following manner:—A broad 
stripe of scarlet, say 4 inches wide ; then a stripe of black, 

1 1-2 inch broad. The rest all narrow (about half an inch 
wide), as follows:—Yellow, dark green, black, scarlet, 
yellow, white, blue, black, scarlet, yellow, dark green, 
black, scarlet, yellow, white, blue, black, scarlet, yellow. ; 
Now, 1 1-2 inch in black, and then 4 inches of scarlet 
again. 

Counterfanes. 

The two following—Antimacassar, page 20, and the 
one on page 21—make very handsome counterpanes, and 
can be worked in one color or in stripes as preferred, but 
being rather open patterns would require lining. 






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Baby's Mitten . 

(>£ oz. Berlin wool and fine bone crochet-book.) 

Make a chain of 36 stitches and unite. 

Work 3 rounds of single crochet, and then a round of 
treble. 

5th round—Do 16 treble crochet, and take the 17th and 
18th together. 

6th round—Treble stitches without increasing. 

7th round—Like the 5th. 

8th round—Like the 6th. 

9th round—Like the 5th. 

10th round—1 treble, 1 chain, miss 1 loop. Repeat. 
You ought now to have 32 stitches. 

nth round—Single crochet, but into the 16th or center 
stitch increase by working 3 instead of 1. 

12th round—Treble. Increase at the center stitch, as 
above, by working 3 into 1. The next 2 rounds increase 
6 stitches, by working 3 into 1 on each side of the center 
stitches. Now join these 12 stitches where you have been 
increasing, so as to form the thumb, and work on these 12 
stitches separately from the rest of the hand. Do 4 
rounds in single crochet. Do 3 more rounds, decreasing 
every time. Do 2 more, decreasing twice. Sew up the 
top, and now go on with the hand. 

You ought to have 30 stitches for the hand. Do 2 
rounds of treble. 

Now do a round of treble, decreasing above the thumb, 
and also on the other side in the 13th stitch. 

Do another row in this way, and then do 2 more rounds, 
decreasing 4 stitches in each round. Now sew neatly up 
on the wrong side. Run ribbon in the hole, and turn 
back the cuff to form a little gauntlet. 



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Lady's Bedroom Slippers. 

(2 ozs. double Berlin wool and bone or ivory crochet-hook.) 

These are very nice in either light blue or pink. Begin 
with a chain of 12 stitches, turn and work into the 1st 
from the hook in double crochet; the same into every 
loop. 

2nd row—Double crochet into every loop ; in the center 
stitch you must increase by working 3 into 1. 

Crochet into the back part of the stitch so as to make 
the work lie in ridges. Every row is alike, but do not 
forget to increase in the middle. 

When 30 ridges are done (or less, for a small foot) be¬ 
gin the sides of the slipper thus :— 

61st row—Work 18 stitches as usual in double crochet; 
now turn and work backwards and forwards on these 
stitches until the shoe is long enough, end off, and go on at 
the other side. Sew them together at the heel. Line 
them with quilted silk, satin, or cashmere, and join to the 
sole (which you can procure at any shoemaker’s) with 
galloon. First sew the lining and shoe both together to 
one edge of the galloon, then bind the sole with the 
latter. 

Finish oft' the shoe with a rosette of silk or satin of the 
same color. 

These are extremely pretty and warm. 




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Baby's Boot. 

(K oz. of cherry-colored and 1 oz. white Berlin wool will make three pairs. They 
are extremely pretty.) 

Make a chain of 8 stitches, turn and work into the first 
from the hook. Double crochet into every loop, and in 
the middle stitch you must always increase by working 3 
into 1. You must crochet into the back part of the loop 
in the 2nd row, so as to make the work run in even rid¬ 
ges. Every row is the same, always increasing in the 
middle stitch by working 3 into 1. 

When 15 ridges are done you must make the side, by 
working the first 11 stitches backwards and forwards for 
30 rows or 15 ridges. Now leave off at this part and go 
on at the toe for the sole. Work 8 double stitches. The 
next row increase by worikng 2 stitches into the middle 
loop. Continue in this way, not forgetting to increase, 
until 5 ridges are done. Now decrease at the beginning 
of every row until you have only 8. Continue to work 
on these 8 until 9 ridges are finished. Begin to increase 
again, by working 2 into the middle stitch. Do 2 rows 
in this manner and then discontinue the increasing. 
When 12 ridges are completed, sew up. 

Take up 30 stitches in white very loosely for the leg, 
first doubling back the three-cornered flap and tacking it 
down. 

Do 3 rounds in double crochet. 

4th round—* Double crochet, 2 chain, miss 1 loop, 
work into the next loop. Repeat from*. Do these 2 
chain rather tightly. 

2 more rounds in double crochet. 

The 4th round again. 

A round in double crochet 

Now do a scallop for the edge, thus: 1 single, 1 treble, 



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i chain, i treble into the next scallop, not missing any 
loop. Repeat. Now run a narrow piece of white or 
cherry-colored ribbon in the lowest holes and fasten a 
very small bow of the same on the red lappet which you 
had previously turned down. 


Another Pattern . 

Quite the prettiest kind of all, is, when the foot is 
crochetted as in the preceding pattern, and the leg is done 
in fancy knitting. (See p.90 “Knitting Work.”) They 
are a very good fit. 

Baby’s Boots , in PlanneL 

(This is au excellent way of using up any odd pieces of fine colored flannel.) 

If you have no pattern to cut from, work a shoe in 
crochet; you can do it in any kind of wool merely as a 
pattern. First pin the sole on brown paper, then cut out 
the pattern. Do the same with the upper part of the 
boot. 

Now cut out the boot in flannel from the paper pattern, 
allowing a small margin for.turnings in. 

Tack the sole and upper part together with fine white 
cotton; next herring-bone it all round with Shetland 
wool, either white or the same color as the flannel. 

Now cut off the point in front which in the crochet 
pattern is turned down; so that you have a regular little 
boot. With white Berlin take up 30 stitches loosely in 
double crochet, with a fine bone-hook, for the leg, 
running the crochet-needle through the flannel. Do 
another round in treble. 

3rd round—Work 2 chain rather tighter, miss 1 loop; 
do a double stitch into the next. Repeat. 

4th round—Double crochet into every loop. 





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5th round—The same as 4th. 

6th round—2 chain, miss 2 loops, work a double 
crochet-stitch into the next. Repeat. 

7th round—Double crochet. 

8th round—1 double, 1 treble, 1 chain, 1 treble into the 
next loop : do not miss any loops at all. Repeat. 

Herring-bone round the part where the crochetted 
stocking and the boot join. Thread a wool-needle and 
make a long stitch from the instep towards the toe, about 
1 1-2 inch long; work herring-bone stitch down this line. 
Then do 2 more on each side of it, so that the 3 may 
meet at the part nearest the toe, but be about a quarter of 
an inch apart over the instep. 

Run white ribbon in the lowest set of holes. 


Boots for a Child of One Tear. 

The soles of these boots can be made in any of the 
following ways. Either buy a small pair of warm soles 
at any shoemaker’s, or else purchase a sheet of soft 
leather, and cut them out yourself. The backs of kid 
gloves can also be used, and are nice and soft for a child 
who can just begin to try and stand. 

For the upper part of the boot make a chain of 11 ; 
turn, and work a double stitch into every loop, iucreasing 
in the middle stitch by working 2 into 1. The 1 st row 
you ought to have 10 double stitches, the 2nd 12, and so 
on. 

If the child has a high instep increase 2 instead of 1 : 
that is, work 3 stitches into the middle one. 

When 15 ridges are done, work as follows:—Do double 
crochet into every loop until you come to the center 
stitch; instead of working into it as usual do 6 more 
chain, turn and work double crochet backwards the whole 



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length of the side ; do not increase. When this part is as 
long as your sole, do the other side in the same way, and 
sew up at the back. This makes a kind of diminutive 
Hessian boot. 

All round the top work a little edging or scallop, as 
preferred, and finally run in ribbon about where the extra 
6 stitches were made. 

Baby's Petticoat . 

(1 oz. white Berlin wool and medium sized crochet-hook.) 

Make a chain of 156 stitches, and unite with a treble 
stitch. 

1st round—4 treble, then *3, all into one loop; 5 
treble, miss 2 loops, 5 treble. Repeat from*. 

There ought to be 12 of these scallops, each divided by 
the hole which the missing of 2 loops forms. 

Repeat the above for 12 rounds. 

13th round—Miss 3 loops, and do 4 treble instead of 5. 
Repeat. 

14th round—Miss 2 loops and do 4 treble. Repeat. 

15th round—Like the 14th. 

16th round—Miss 4 loops, 3 treble. Repeat. 

17th round—Miss 2 loops, 3 treble. Repeat. 

Work 2 more rounds in this manner. 

20th round—Treble stitch, into every loop. 

Put in a band. 

Petticoat for a Child of Six or Eight. 

The same as the preceding pattern, but use petticoat 
yarn, and work six rows like the 17th, instead of three. 




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Baby's Hood. 

Make a chain of 22 stitches for the crown, which must 
be shaped like a horse-shoe. 

1 st row—A double into every loop. 

2nd row—3 chain, 1 treble, into the 1st loop, treble 
into the next loop, * 1 chain, miss 1 loop, 2 treble. 
Repeat from *. Every row is alike, but you must now 
work the 2 treble into the holes of the preceding row. 

When 3 1-2 inches are done, decrease at each end. 
Continue to decrease until 4 inches are finished, and now 
you begin the hood part with pink. 

Make a chain of 62 stitches and work 2 treble, 2 chain, 
alternately (3 rows of pink and 3 of grey). This is a 
simple straight piece. When 12 rows.are done sew this 
straight piece to the crown, gathering it slightly at the 
top (or round part of the horse-shoe). 

For the curtain work 2 chain, 2 treble, rather closely 
together, so as to make it full and fall in little folds, 
increasing at the beginning of every row. Do 4 rows of 
grey and 2 of pink for a border, which, if preferred, can 
be scalloped. It is quite easy to do the crown and hood 
part all in one if preferred. Run a ribbon round the 
neck. 

These make comfortable little hoods for the poor. 



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Lady's Petticoat . 

(W> 6-thread fleecy -wool.) 

Make a chain of 312 stitches, and unite with a treble. 
1st round—4 treble. * 3 treble, all into 1 loop ; 5 treble, 
miss 2 loops, 5 treble. Repeat from *. 

Do this round for 18 inches. 

Now miss 3 loops and do 4 treble instead of 5. 
Repeat for 4 rounds. 

Then miss 2 loops and do 4 treble. Continue thus for 
4 rounds. 

Miss 4 loops and do 3 treble. Repeat for 3 rounds. 
Miss 2 loops, 3 treble. Repeat for 4 rounds. 

Last round—Treble into every loop. 


Pincushion . 

Make a chain in tolerably fine cotton, with a steel 
crochet-needle, the desired width of the pincushion. 
You must leave off at the end of every row, and when 
finished the ends of cotton must be carefully run in with 
a coarse needle. 

1st row—-*5 treble, 3 chain, miss 3 loops. Repeat 
from *. 

2nd row—Work 4 treble, * 2 chain, miss 2 loops; 1 
treble, 2 chain, miss 2 loops, 3 treble. Repeat from*. 
3rd row—3 treble, * 2 chain, miss 2 loops; 3 treble, 

2 chain, miss 2 loops, 1 treble. Repeat from *. 

4th row—1 treble, *3 chain, miss 3 loops, 5 treble. 
Repeat from *. 

5th row—3 treble, 2 chain, miss 2 loops; 3 treble, * 2 
chain, miss 2 loops; 1 treble, 2 chain, miss 2 loops, 

3 treble. Repeat from *. 

6th row—The same as 2nd. 



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Continue in this way until you have made it large 
enough. 

For the wrong side cast on the same number of stitches, 
and merely make 2 chain, 1 treble, all the way. 

When finished sew together, and make a crochet edging 
round it by working first 3 chain and 1 double stitch all 
the way round. 

2nd round—4 chain and 1 double into the center of 
each scallop. 

3rd round—5 chain and 1 double into the center of 
each scallop. 

If the edging is preferred rather wide, do a few more 
rows in the same manner. 

Now make a cotton bag of the same size as the crochet 
cover, and fill with bran. Cover this with blue or pink 
silk, and slip it inside the crochet. Sew up the last side. 


Long Purse . 

(3 bunches of gold beads and 2 knots of purse-twist are required.) 

Make a chain of 68 stitches, having previously strung 
the gold beads. 

ist row—A treble into every loop, and take up the 
beads thus:—Put the silk over the hook and push up a 
bead; finish the stitch in the usual way. You have thus 
used 2 beads to your treble. 

2nd row—i treble, i chain; every row is alike, but in 
coming back work into each hole. 

If preferred, use only i bead; that is, put the silk over 
the needle, draw through the lower loop, then through 
2 loops ; now push up the bead and draw the silk through 
the last. Put gold rings and gold tassels; or, instead of 
the latter, a bunch of gold beads. 




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Mats for Common Use. 

Cut out 3 rounds in brown paper by pencilling round a 
small plate ; then make 2 more graduated rounds, so as 
to have a set of 3. Pin one of these on green or red 
baize, and then cut out. 

Make a scallop round them with a fine bone crochet- 
hook in either the same colored wool or else black. 

Join the wool and the 1st round ; do 1 double, 4 chain. 
2nd round, 1 double into the 1st hole, then a treble. A 
long treble, 1 chain, 1 long treble, 1 treble, 1 double. 
Repeat this into the next loop. 

These mats are very quickly done ; a set can be finished 
in an hour. They are useful for flowerpots, &c., and 
also sell well at bazaars. A small tuft worked in the 
center rather improves the appearance. 


Lady's Bedroom Boots. 

(1 skein scarlet knitting-yarn.) 

Make a chain of 12 stitches. Work a row of double, 
11 in all. Every row is alike, but you must work into 
the back part of the crochet so as to form ridges, and 
always increase in the center stitch by working 2 into 1. 

Do 20 ridges in this way; you will then have done 40 
rows. 

41st row—Work as far as the center stitch, then do 8 
more chain-stitches. Turn, and work backwards and 
forwards on this side for 12 ridges. 

Do the same on the other side and sew up at the back. 

Now bind the sole and knitted part together with 
galloon or ribbon. 

Make either a scarlet or white edging all round the top 
as a finish. 



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Purse . 

(This is worked with steel beads, a steel crochet-liook, and blue purse twist.) 

You begin by threading 1-2 oz. of beads. Then make 
a chain of 3 stitches; unite. Now do a double crochet 
into every loop, taking up a bead with each stitch. Be 
sure and keep them all on the same side. In the next 
row increase by working 2 into 1 stitch every second 
stitch. Continue to work all the purse in double crochet, 
increasing by doing 2 into 1 loop whenever your work 
curls at all: it ought to lie quite flat. When the round is 
large enough do another, and sew them half together on 
the wrong side, the other halves attach to a steel snap. 
Finish off the lower part with small festoons of beads. 


Baby's Berceaunette Counterfane or Sofa Couvrette. 

(>tH> white double Berlin, or 6 thread-fleecy.) 

Make a chain of the required length. You must leave 
off at the end of every row, and afterwards run the ends 
of wool in with a wool-needle. 

The first 2 rows do every stitch treble, for a foundation. 

3rd row—* 9 treble stitches, 6 chain, miss 2 loops, 
1 double, 6 chain, miss 3 loops. Repeat from *. 

4th row—*9 treble, 11 chain, 1 double into the middle 
loop of the row of chain in the preceding row: you will 
have to go into 2 together to make it come exactly in the 
center. Now do 11 more chain-stitches. Repeat from*. 

Line with pink or white flannel, and put a fringe. If 
for a couvrette it need not be lined. 



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Baby's Berceaunette Cover . 

(White split zephyr aud medium ivory hook.) 

Make a chain of the desired width. 

ist row—Treble into every loop. 

2nd row—Turn and do 3 treble, 3 chain, miss 3 loops. 
Repeat. 

3rd row—Turn and do 5 chain, *3 treble, into the ist 
hole ; 2 chain, 3 more treble, into the same hole ; 2 chain, 
1 treble, into the next hole, 2 chain. Repeat from *. 

4th row—Turn and do 5 chain, * 3 treble, into the hole 
formed by the 2 chain of the preceding row; 2 chain, 3 
more treble, into the same hole; 2 chain, miss 4 loops, 
and do 1 double into the solitary treble stitch of the 3rd 
row, 2 chain, and repeat from *. 

5th row—Turn and do 5 chain; 3 treble into the 
middle of the 6 treble in preceding row; 2 chain, 3 
more treble, into the same hole ; 7 chain. Repeat. 

6th row—Turn and do 5 chain, then the * 6 treble 
divided by 2 chain, as in the other rows; then 2 chain 
and 1 double into the middle of the 7 chain-stitches, 2 
more chain, and repeal from*. 

7th row—Go back to the 4th. 

Line with light blue flannel, or silk. Then scallop all 
round it thus — 

ist round—3 chain, 1 double. Repeat. 

2nd round—Into each hole work 1 single^ 5 chain. 
Repeat. 

3rd round—Into the ist hole 1 single, 1 double, 2 
treble, 2 long treble, 2 treble, 1 double, 1 single. The 
game into every hole. 


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Worsted Medallion Tidy . 

(1 oz. of black single zephyr, Koz. of the darkest shade of crimson, 1 oz. of each 4 

lighter shades. N. B.—The darkest shade is called the first shade, the next 
second, Ac.) 

For Foundation. Make chain 84 stitches, black. Join 
them. 

2nd row—84 treble, one in each chain. 

3rd row—84 treble, one in each stitch, making 1 chain 
between each stitch. 

4th row—The same, only crochet into holes instead of 
stitches, crochet 5 rows more in this manner, in all 
making 8 rows. 

You now commence the insertion, this is done in 
double stitch ; the crochet hook is put into the front part 
of the stitch throughout the insertion. 

1 st row—Second shade of worsted, double into every 
stitch, putting 2 into every 4th stitch, making 210 
stitches, no widening after this through insertion. 

2nd row—Fourth shade, double into every stitch. 

3rd row—Black, double. 

4th row—2 black, 3 of second shade, thus alternate 42 
times in the row, making 42 figures. 

5th row—2 black, 3 of fourth shade, put first stitch of 
the color over second stitch of color in the last row, to 
make the figures slanting. 

6th row—2 black, 3 fifth shade, put slanting as before. 
No widening all the way. 

7th row—black, plain. 

8th row—Fourth shade, plain. 

9th row—Second shade, plain. 

Border. 1st row—Fifth shade of worsted, crochet in¬ 
to back of stitch now, 4 treble, 1 chain, 4 treble, into 
every 4th stitch 1 double between scallops. 


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2nd row—Fourth shade, * 4 treble, 1 chain, 4 treble, 
into every hole made by one chain in previous row. 

3rd row—Third shade. Repeat from*. 

4th row—Second shade. Repeat from*. 

5th row—First shade, put 2 chain between scallops. 
Repeat from *. 

6th row—Black. 7 long treble into middle of scallop, 
1 chain between each stitch, crochet down every other 
row of scallops the whole length to insertion and back, 
all round the tidy with single. 

Medallion. Make a round mat about two inches and a 
half wide of black, double stitch, round and round, taken 
into both back and front of stitch to make it like a cord, 
there must be 56 stitches in last row, now make * 7 
double, 11 chain, crochet down chain with double, 7 
double on the center mat, another chain of 11. Repeat 
from *, making 8 chains round the mat. 

Next row with first shade go round in double, except 
on top of each chain where crochet 6 treble. 

Next row the same with second shade. 

Next row 3rd shade* 2 treble, 1 chain, 2 treble into 
every other stitch. 

Next row fourth shade. Repeat from *. 

Lap the leaves of the medallion one over another a 
little and sew on to the foundation. If the leaves are 
stuffed with a little wool wadding, it improves the 
appearance. This tidy fully repays one for their work. 


Fancy Crochet Stitches . 

In learning these stitches, it is best to take about 8 or 
10 stitches and crochet an inch or two so as to get an idea 
of the pattern, befoue commencing a large article. A 
long bone hook is necessary in this work. 



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Victoria or Afghan Stitch. 

ist, make a chain of 8 stitches. 2nd, crochet into every 
stitch single, from right to left, leaving the stitch on the 
hook. 3rd, put the worsted over the hook and draw 
through one loop, * worsted over hook draw through 2 
loops. Repeat from*. 4th, pick up loops with hook and 
crochet as 2nd row. 5th, same as 3rd &c. 


Waved Stitch. 

Very similar to Victoria stitch; the only difference is 
instead of taking up the loops in 4th row, take up the 
back stitch. 

Net Stitch. 

ist, crochet chain 8 stitches. 2nd, crochet one, put 
thread over hook twice and crochet single into every other 
stitch. 3rd, put worsted over hook, draw through one 
loop, * thread over hook, draw through two loops. Repeat 
from *. 4th, crochet 1 single, * put thread over hook from 
front towards back, just reverse of the usual way, pick 
up 2 loops, bring thread round front of them, draw 
through the two loops. Repeat from*. 5th, same as 
3rd. 




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Knitting Crochet Stitch. • 

ist, chain of 8 stitches. 2nd, crochet single into every 
. stitch retaining the stitch on hook. Notice that all these 
stitches have their foundation in the “Afghan stitch 
(this stitch is sometimes called “Victoria,” “Tunisian”). 

3rd, cut the thread the length of the row of stitches, 
draw it through all the stitches on the needle at once. 

4th, fasten on the thread again and proceed as in 2nd 
row, being sure in taking up the stitches, put the needle 
through the stitch above the thread. 

Another. Same as the preceding, 'only in the 4th 
row, take up the loops from back, under the thread which 
is drawn through. 

Moss Crochet. . 

This stitch is worked in two shades of worsted. 

1 st row—Dark, 8 stitches chain. 

2nd row—Light, 1 afghan, 1 Wave, 1 afghan, to the 
end of the row. 

3rd row—Dark, work off the stitches same as in afghan 
stitch. 

Looped Crochet Stitch. 

This is done is single stitch, with the use of a round 
stick, (a pencil is as good as anything), ist, foundation 
of 8 stitches. 2nd, 1 single, put thread over pencil, draw 
it through a loop in ist row, 1 single. 3rd, single crochet. 
4th, same as 2nd. 








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Crochet Scouring Glove. 

(White woolen yarn.) 

This glove is to put on the hand in cleaning silver, one 
side is ribbed crochet, the other in looped stitch, ist, 
chain 46 stitches. 2nd, 45 double, in last stitch 2 double. 
3rd, turn, crochet back, putting hook in the under vein of 
stitch, at the end of row 1 chain. Crochet backward and 
forward in this manner 17 rows, so that one side is 
straight, the other rounded, Begin second half in same 
manner, this side is in looped stitch; after each looped 
row, follows a row of double stitch; widen same as first 
half; when both sides are finished join together ; take up 
the edge stitches on knitting-needles, and rib 17 rows. 
2 plain, 2 purled, crochet a row of scallops round edge. 


Crochet Hatr-f in-box. 

(A round collar-box, take off cover and stretch a piece of lace over It, sew it down. 
y* oz. white zephyr, % oz. blue.) 

ist, chain 5, join. 2nd, 14 treble, 1 chain between each 
treble. 3rd, 26 treble, 1 chain between, 2 treble in 1 
chain of preceding row. 4th, the same 3 chain between. 
5th, 4 treble in the 3 chain of preceding row. 6th, 6 
treble in 3 chain preceding row, 3 chain. 7th, 3 treble, 1 
chainy 3 treble, (in 3 chain), 3 chain. 8th, the same. 9th, 
10 treble in 3 chain. 10th, single all round scallop. 
This is for the top of box. Flounce, chain to fit box. 

ist row—Treble in every other stitch, 3 rows of 
scallops, sew round the box. 




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Lady's Fanchon . 

("White Zephyr, long bone needle.) 

Foundation of 132 stitches, crochet in wave stitch, 
narrow every 4th row ; this is done by crocheting 2 loops 
together at the beginning of a row, and drawing the 
thread through 2 loops instead of 1 at the beginning of a 
return row; decrease until there are but 5 stitches on 
needles, draw thread through these, and fasten off. 

Border.—Crochet a foundation long enough to go all 
round the hood. 1st, 2nd and 3rd rows, of double 
crochet, (putting needle through both top stitches,) in 
white zephyr. 

4th row—7 double, white; now fasten on blue, or any 
other color you prefer, and crochet 7 picots; these are 
composed of 5 chain, 1 single, the single to be put into 
the 1st of chain, this will make a line of picots; on the 
edge of these picots, crochet double all round; now join 
this line together, making a round rosette; let the loop 
on needle drop, insert the needle through hole of rosette, 
and draw the loop through on the under side. Continue 
right on now with double crochet for 7 stitches, then 
make another rosette, and so on the whole length of 
border. 

5th, 6th, 7th and 8th sows—Double, white. 

9th row—Fasten on blue and crochet scallop of 1 
double, 2 treble, 2 long treble, 1 double, 1 single. 
Repeat all round edge of border; this is sewed onto 
hood. 




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Crochet Stripes for Sofa Pillow . 

4 stripes 22 1-2 inches long; these are very handsome 
done in grey worsted, 2 shades light, 2 shades dark, the 
flowers are in bright colors. Foundation of 16 stitches 
for each stripe, work in afghan stitch, backwards and 
forwards, the required length. 

In 5th row, crochet 3 stitches, * then wind the worsted 
over needle 4 times, insert the hook in the upper part of 
stitch, directly underneath in 3rd row, draw the loop out 
3-4 of an inch and work 1 single on next stitch in 4th 
row; in working this stitch, draw worsted through all 
loops and stitches on needle, 3 stitches. Repeat from*, 
making 3 dots in a row. 

6th row—Crochet back. 

7th row—5 stitches, 1 dot, 5 stitches. Repeat these 26 
times. Crochet each side of stripes with a color that 
harmonizes; it is best generally, to join the stripes with 
black, in double stitch. On these stripes are placed at 
intervals, star-shaped flowers in clusters of three; these 
can be made of bright colors, violet, orange, scarlet; 
these flowers are made as follow: 3 chain, join, double 
stitch round and round 3 times. 

4th row—* 6 chain, work back on -chain, 1 double, 2 
treble, 1 double, 1 single. Repeat from*. 

5th row—The same, putting 1st single into the stitch 
between the first leaflets. 

7th and 8th rows—Crochet all round leaflets single, 
with white split zephyr. 


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Child's Crochet Bib. 

Foundation, 97 stitches, work backwards and forwards 
7 rows in ribbed crochet stitch. 

In 4th row, however, crochet first in the ninth, and 
then every tenth following stitch, 3 double, instead of 1 
to widen. 

In 5th to 7th rows, crochet always 3 double in the 
middle stitch of the 3 previously crocheted in 1 stitch. 

The 8th to 15th rows, are crocheted in double stitch, 
working 1 treble into every stitch, except in the middle 
stitch of the three, crocheted into 1, 3 treble. 

16th row—1 treble, 1 chain, skipping one stitch of the 
previous row, but in corners formed by widening, do not 
pass over any stitch with the chain, but crochet 3 treble 
on the 3 treble, at those points. 

17th row—1 treble on each treble of the previous row, 
at corners, 3 treble on 1 treble. 

18 row—The same. 

19th row—1 treble, in each stitch of former row. 

20th row—1 treble, 1 chain, at the end of this row, 
crochet for the button holes on one side of work, 4 
double, 4 chain; passing over the requisite space, then 
back, 8 double in each scallop of 4 chain, 4 chain on 4 
chain. Crochet scallop border, 1 double, 6 treble, 1 
double. 



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Afghan . 

There are so many different patterns for these robes, 
that it is sometimes quite difficult to choose; the follow¬ 
ing is quite simple and handsome: 6 stripes, each 20 
stitches wide, 28 inches long. In working these stripes, 
put the needle in between the perpendicular loops, and 
under the parallel chain of stitches, in taking up loops. 
3 stripes, orange, and 3 purple; on the orange, work from 
Berlin pattern, row of grecian pattern; on purple, work 
pansies, join the stripes with black double stitches, tie in a 
fringe top and bottom. 

Crochet Wheel for Tidies . 

Chain 3, join, work round and round in double stitch 
until you have 24 stitches, that will be 3 rows. 

4th row—5 chain, crochet back on chain, 1 single, 1 
double, 2 treble, 1 single, in the 3rd stitch of the preced¬ 
ing row. Repeat 5 tjmes. 

5th row—10 chain, 1 single in the end stitch of point. 

6th row—1 chain, 1 treble, in every 2nd stitch. 

7th row—Like 4th, only this contains 16 points. 

8th row—7 chain, 1 single. 

9th row—3 chain, 2 treble, passing over 2 stitches of 
preceding row. 

10th row—* 4 chain, 1 double, in the middle of the 3 
chain of preceding row, 4 chain, 1 treble, 3 picot of 5 
chain, 1 single, on treble. Repeat from *. 



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Another Pattern . 

(No. 70 Glace cotton.) 

Chain 6, join. 

2nd row—14 treble. 

3rd row—16 treble, 2 chain between. 

4th row—chain 16, work back on chain 13 treble, 1 
single on 3rd row. 

5th row—Chain 12, 4 treble, in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 
10th stitches of the preceding 13 treble, work 13 treble 
back on chain. 

Child’s Bib . 

(White cotton No 50.) 

This is done in ribbed crochet, with figures formed by 
double crochet. Foundation, 56 stitches. 

1 st row—Work in eyery stitch double. 

2nd row—Turn, work into back vein of stitch. 

3rd row—7 double, 1 treble, put into the free vein of 
stitch in 1st row. 

4th row—Plain rib. 

5th row—6 double, 1 treble, put into free vein of stitch 
2 rows below, 1 double, 1 treble, 6 double. 

6th row—Same as 4th. 

7th row—5 double, 1 treble, 1 single, 1 treble, 1 single, 
1 treble, 5 double. 

8th row—Plain. 

9th row—11 double, 1 treble, *7 double, 1 treble. 
Repeat from *. 

10th row—Plain. 

nth row—10 double, 1 treble, 1 double, 1 treble, 5 
double, &c. 

12th tow— Plain. 

13th row—9 double, 1 treble, 1 double, 1 treble, 1 
double, 1 treble, 3 double, &c. 




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There must be 6 of these figures. 

Then crochet on the 8 outer stitches of each side, 8 
rows of plain ribbed for shoulders. 

Now crochet all round edge except neck, i double in 
every stitch, at corners put 3 double in 1 stitch. ’ 

2nd row—1 treble, 2 chain, at corners 2 treble, 3 chain. 

3rd row—Repeat the same. 

Then crochet once all round neck and sides a neat 
scallop of 1 double, 3 treble, 1 double, 1 single.* 


Edging. 

1st row—A chain of 14 stitches. 

2nd row—1 treble in 4th stitch, 1 chain, 1 treble, 1 
chain, 1 treble, 1 chain, 1 treble, 2 chain. 

3rd row—The same, putting 1st treble, over treble in 
preceding row. Repeat 4 times, making a complete 
square; now scallop edge, putting 1 double, 1 treble, 1 
double, into each hole round the square; make anothei 
square turn, the first to look diamond shape, and when 
you scallop the second square, join a point of it to th& 
first. When a sufficient length of squares are done, 
crochet an upper edge of 6 chain, join to point of square, 
* 6 chain, 2 long treble, join to middle of square, 1 single, 
2 long treble, join to middle of next square, 6 chain, join 
to point of second square. Repeat from*. Next row 
1 treble, 1 chain. 



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Edging . 

Crochet a chain a yard or more long, as is needed. 

2nd row—i treble, i chain. 

3rd row—9 chain, 2 treble in 4th stitch of preceding 
row. 

4th row—7 chain, 2 treble, 2 chain between, these 2 
treble are put into the 2 treble of preceding row. 

5th row—The same. 

6th row—* 4 chain, 1 double, taking up a loop of the 
5th, 4th and 3rd preceding rows, 4 chain, 2 treble, 3 
chain between. Repeat from *. 

7th row—4 treble, 1 picot, composed of 5 chain, 1 
single, 4 treble all in 3 chain of previous row. 


Insertion . 

(No. 60 cotton.) 

1st row—10 chain. 

2nd row—Go back on first 7, working 7 treble, count¬ 
ing in last 3 stitches as 1 treble; turn, 3 chain, 6 treble. 

4th row— 7 chain, turn and work, back on these, putting 
first treble in 3rd stitch,. 7 treble. 

5th row—same as 3rd. This forms the center, on each 
side, crochet 3 rows in the following way: 

1 st row—6 chain, 1 double. 

2nd row—2 chain, 3 treble, 2 chain. 

3rd row—Same, putting in the 3 treble into 1st of 
preceding 2 chain. 



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Lady's Slipper . 

This is worked with red and white double zephyr, in 
ribbed crochet stitch, and is furnished with a sole of card¬ 
board covered with red flannel, and also a sole knitted of 
fine twine. 

The upper edge of the front, and the outer edge of the 
free part of the sole, are bordered with crocheted points of 
white worsted. Begin the slipper at point with red 
worsted, making a foundation of 18 stitches. 

ist row—pass over i stitch, 17 double. 

2nd row—1 double in the back vein of stitch in preced¬ 
ing row, in the middle stitch put 3 double to widen. 

Crochet 25 rows like the last, first with red, then with 
white. The points on the upper edge of front are 
worked with white, as follows : 

ist row—1 double, 3 chain, pass 1 stitch. 

2nd row—* 1 double on the middle one of the next 3 
chain in the preceding row, 1 chain, 5 treble, on the 
middle of next 3 chain, 1 chain. Repeat from*. 

There are no sides crocheted; only round the edge of 
sole, crochet points like the above. 

With twine knit plain, back and forth, widening and 
narrowing to fit the shape, sew flannel sole, and twine 
sole together, crochet points, and then sew the top on 
neatly. 





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Lady's Overshoe. 


These are very convenient to slip on over thin slippers, 
either in the house, or in going to parties. Work in 
double zephyr. 

Foundation of 18 stitches. Crochet like the slipper for 
17 rows. Then halve the work, and crochet separately 
each half 38 rows more. In each of the next 12 rows, 
widen the 1st stitch on the edge nearest the middle of 
front, and in the 13th and. 14th widen 3 stitches there. 
In 28th to 35th, narrow 1 stitch on the same edge. 
Narrow the 36th row, 10 stitches, the 37th row, 5 stitches, 
38th row, 3 stitches. Join the parts at heel, sew the 
crocheted parts onto soles made as in Lady’s Slipper pat¬ 
tern, bind upper and front with colored braid to match the 
worsted, and crochet edge of 6 treble, 1 double. Fasten 
with ribbon. 


Crochet Muff and L egg ins. 

Work a straight piece 15 3-4 inches long, and 9 3-4 
inches wide, in net stitch, sew it together, line with wool 
wadding and silk. 

Crochet 3 bands of loop stitch and trim it, one each 
edge, one in middle. The loop stitch looks like fur. 

Leggings made to match this muff, make a pretty suit 
for a child 4, or 5 years old. The leggings which are 
buttoned on outside, consists each of one piece 14 1-2 
inches long, and 10 inches wide ; they grow narrower at 
the ancle, and wider on the under edge in the shape of 
a gore. 

Begin legging on the upper edge with a foundation of 
37 stitches, and on these, work 52 pattern rows in same 
stitch, (a pattern row is once across nnd back). 



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In the ist row, of the 27th pattern row, narrow, and in 
the 29th, 32nd, 35th and 38th rows, narrow; widen in 
41st, 43rd, 45th, 47th, 49th and 51st rows. 

Border the leggings with 1 row of double crochet, and 
set on a loop stitch border. 


Crochet Rag-bag . 

These are very convenient to hang on sewing machine, 
or side of work basket. 

Chain 9, join. 

2nd row—9 treble, 1 chain between. 

3rd row—2 treble, 2 chain, 2 treble. 

4th row—3 treble, 2 chain, 3 treble, the 3 treble to be 
put over 2 treble of previous row. 

5th row—4 treble, 2 chain, 4 treble. 

6th row—5 treble, 3 chain, 5 treble. 

* 7th rqw—6 treble, 3 chain, 6 treble. 

8th row—7 treble, 3 chain, 7 treble. 

9th row—8 treble, 3 chain, 8 treble. 

10th row—9 treble, 4 chain, 9 treble. 

nth row—8 treble, 5 chain, 8 treble. 

12th row—7 treble, 3 chain, 1 treble, 3 chain, 7 treble. 

13th row—6 treble, 4 chain, 1 treble, 4 chain, 6 treble. 

14th row—5 treble, 4 chain, 1 treble, 4 chain, 5 treble. 

15th row—3 treble, 6 chain, 1 treble, 6 chain, 3 treble. 

16th row—2 treble, 7 chain, 1 treble, 1 treble, 6 chain. 

17th row—1 treble, 8 chain, 1 treble, 8 chain, 1 treble. 

18th row—6 chain, 1 treble, 6 chain. 

19th and 20th rows—The same. 

In the 18th row, crochet 1 row of 6 chain, and 1 row 3 
treble in 6 chain, 2 chain, work all round this last row in 
double crochet. Crochet the same in 20th row, this 
makes a sort of ruffle round edge. In 19th row run a 




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piece of watch spring covered with worsted. Make a 
tassel, and place in the bottom. Crochet handle and 
fasten on each side ; of chain required length and worked 
double stitch for 5 rows, scallop an edge. 


Crochet Watch Case . 

(Shaded brown Zephyr.) 

Chain 3 stitches, join, crochet 9 rows double stitch, 
putting hook through front vein of stitches. Make 
another mat like first, sew them together half way ; bend 
the other half over, to make an opening for the watch. 

Now crochet all round mats a border of blue or scarlet, 
of 2 rows of treble, 2 chain between, edge with 5 double, 

1 single, around the half bent over, crochet 1 row of 
1 treble, 2 chain between, and edge as the other. Tie in 
at the corners formed by the half turned down, small ball 
tassels, crochet a strap to hang it by, of chain, 8 inches * 
long, into which work treble into every stitch. These are 
.■ery simple, and quite pretty when finished, just the thing 
to make up quick for a fair, or slight present. 



KNITTING WORK. 


. EXPLANATIONS. 

“To purl or pearl” and “to seam” mean the same 
thing; that is, to put the wool round the right-hand 
needle. Thus: the wool hangs straight down, it must 
be lifted and placed round the needle from right to left. 
You must then insert the right-hand needle into the stitch, 
exactly the opposite way as in ordinary knitting. 

“To decrease” is simply to knit 2 stitches together. 
Another way is to slip a stitch, knit one, pass the slipped 
stitch over it. 

“To take 2 together” means to knit 2 togetner. 

“To increase,” you must knit both into the lower part 
of the stitch, and also into the stitch itself. 


General Remarks on Socks and Stockings, 

For a lady’s stocking it is best to decrease once and 
increase three times for the calf of the leg. For a gentle¬ 
man’s this is unnecessary. Most of these directions are 
for ribbed stockings, as they fit much better; but if 
preferred plain, of course the same number of stitches is 
required. 



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You must always remember in ribbed stockings to 
carry on the ribs and seam-stitches all down the back of 
the heel, until you begin to round it. The ribs on the 
front of the foot must be continued straight on, until 
within an inch of decreasing for the toe. 

The seam-stitch is made by knitting a certain stitch in 
2 rounds and pearling it in the 3rd. 

Before decreasing for the instep, do 2 or 3 plain rounds 
and then begin. 

The “flap,” or heel before it is rounded, ought to be 3 
inches, or even more, as a long heel wears better. It also 
makes it much stronger to knit it double with Angola 
wool, of the same color as the knitting. 

Except for young boys, socks fit quite well without 
being decreased at all for the ankle ; therefore I only give 
one pattern on the decreasing principle. 


Heel of a Stocking or Sock . 

To unexperienced knitters the heel seems to present 
mountains of difficulty, but in reality the mountain is but 
a mole-hill after all. The following pattern is one of the 
best. 

Divide your stitches. We will say you have 50 
altogether, on three needles: take 12 on each side of the 
seam-stitch, and knit these 25 backwards and forwards 
in rows, not rounds (making the seam-stitch all the 
same) ; you must pearl backwards, so as to keep the 
knitting even. Continue until you have made a flap 
about 3 inches long, always slipping the first knitted 
stitch. Now knit, from the right hand side, the 12 stitch¬ 
es ; then the seam-stitch, which from this time forward 
you cease to make. Knit 4 stitches beyond it; knit 2 
together; knit 1 ; turn, pearl until you get to 4 beyond 





the seam-stitch, pearl 2 together, pearl 1, turn. Knit 
until you come to the stitch in the previous row where 
you turned—you may know it easily by the little hole 
which was formed by the turning; you now knit 2 togeth¬ 
er and knit 1 more stitch, then turn. Pearl the next row, 
of course always pearling 2 together where the little hole 
has been left, and so on until you have gradually worked 
off the stitches. You then pick up the side-stitches of 
this flap and the heel is finished. 


To Decrease for the Toe of a Sock or Stocking. 

Put half your stitches on one needle, a quarter on the 
second, and a quarter on the third needle. Thus: 
suppose you have 60 stitches, you must have 30 on one 
side and 15 on the other two. The 30 must be the front 
or ribbed part, the 2 pins with 15 stitches on them ought 
to be the sole part. In doubling your knitting now, the 
front part ought to lie evenly on the sole of the foot. 
Begin to knit the 30 stitches ; knit 27, slip 1, knit 1, pass 
the slipped stitch over, knit 1. Continue plain knitting. 
Now begin the 3rd pin; knit 12, slip 1, knit 1, pass the 
slipped stitch over, knit 1. Now you begin again on the 
30. Knit one, knit 2 together. Continue plain. Do 2 
rounds plain, and then decrease again in the same manner 
4 stitches in every round, leaving always 2 stitches 
between the decreasing, remembering always to do 2 
rounds of plain knitting between each decreasing round. 

Repeat for 2 inches and cast off. 

Some people only do 1 round between the decreasing: 
this plan makes the toe rounder and more puckered. 



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Decreasing for Instep . 

On the right-hand side of the heel, just where the ribs 
leave off, you slip i, knit i ; pass the slipped stitch over; 
continue plain knitting; and where the ribs begin again 
you knit 2 together. You must remember that on the right 
side of the heel you slip, and on the left you knit 2 together. 

Ribbed Stocking , for a Boy or Girl about Eight 
Tears Old. 

(In white yarn.) 

Cast on So. Knit 12 rounds, 1 plain and 1 pearl. 
Plain knitting for 4 inches. Rib 1, knit 3, until you have 
done 66 rounds. Now decrease on each side of the seam- 
stitch. Knit 5 rounds and increase in the same way. 
Do this twice more, and you ought now to have 84 stitch¬ 
es. When 11 inches are done decrease every 8 rows, and 
knit plain until the stocking is 16 1-2 inches long; then 
divide for heel. Knit and pearl 32 rows. Pick up 16 
side-stitches, and after 2 rounds keep decreasing every row 
for the instep until you have only 68. Work 71-4 inches 
and decrease. The foot ought to be 9 1-4 inches long. 
Cast off and sew up. 

Sock for a Child of Two Tears Old . 

(In merino yarn and pins No. 17.) 

Cast on 23 on the first pin, 22 on the second, and 20 on 
the third. Knit a plain round, keeping the first stitch as 
the seam-stitch. Do 10 rounds in ribs of 2 plain, 2 pearl. 
Now do plain knitting, and decrease twice in every 4th 
round for 12 rounds. Knit 10 rounbs. Take 14 on each 
side of the seam-stitch for the heel, knit backwards and 
forwards for 20 rows; turn. Take up 10 side-stitches, 
and reduce until you have 56 for the foot. Do 26 rounds, 
decrease, and cast off. 





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Gentleman!s Knickerbocker Stocking . 

(Grey mixed yarn.) 

This is the largest size, suitable for a gentleman of six 
feet in height. 

Cast on 112, 37 on two pins and 38 on the third pin. 
Rib for about an inch by doing 1 plain and 1 pearl, 
remembering to have the first stitch on the first needle as 
the seam-stitch. You make this, by working it plain in 2 
successive rounds and pearling it in the next. Then do 
plain knitting for 5 inches. You now begin to rib as 
follows :—Knit or pearl the seam-stitch, knit 3 and pearl 
1. Continue to knit 3 and pearl 1 every row until 12 1-2 
inches are done. Then begin to decrease every 8 rows. 
You decrease on the right-hand side of the seam-stitch by 
slipping a stitch, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over. 
Work the seam-stitch and knit 2 together. If the stitch 
to be slipped happens to be a pearl stitch, you must not 
slip it but merely pearl 2 together on both sides. You 
will thus decrease 16 stitches, and now 16 1-2 inches 
ought to be done. Then knit 5 more inches. You ought 
now to have 94 stitches for the ankle and divide for the 
heel. As this is a large size, you must make the flap 
3 1-2 long, always slipping the first stitch. When you 
have turned the heel you must take up 21 stitches, and 
decrease for the instep at first every row; and the last 6 
decreasings do every other row until you have only 92 
stitches. When 9 inches of the foot are done (measuring 
the whole of the heel as well), you begin to decrease for 
the toe, which takes up 2 more inches; you then cast off, 
and sew up the toe on the wrong side. 


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Sock for a Boy of Twelve. 

(Pins, 14 or 15.) 

Cast on 56, 20 on 2 pins, and 16 on the third. Knit 3, 
pearl 3, alternately: make a seam-stitch. Rib in this 
way for an inch. Decrease on each side of the seam- 
stitch. Do 7 more rows, decrease again. Rib the sock 
for about 3 inches, 1 row plain, and decrease again. 
You must now decrease again every 6 rows, when you 
ought to have 38 stitches. 

For the heel, take 9 on each side of seam-stitch, and 
pearl and knit until 3 inches are done. Turn and take up 
the side-stitches. Decrease every row until you have 
only 38. When the foot is 8 inches long decrease for the 
toe and cast off. 


Bofs Sock. 

(another good pattern, very easy.) 

Cast on 48, rib in 2 and 2 alternate, plain and pearl 
stitches. Rib 3 inches, and do the rest in plain knitting 
until 8 inches are done. Take 12 on each side of the 
seam-stitch for the heel. Pick up the side-stitches, 
decrease for the instep until you have 38 stitches, or until 
the foot measures 8 inches in breadth; that is, 4 when 
doubled. When the foot is 9 inches long decrease for the 
toe. Make the foot altogether 10 inches long. Cast off 
and sew up. This pattern, which is very easy and 
without decreasings at all, fits exactly. 




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Sock, for a Boy of Fifteen . 

(Blue yam.) 

Cast on 54. Proceed as in above pattern, without any 
decreasings, until you come to the heel. Divide your 
stitches, knit a flap of 3 inches, turn your heel, reduce for 
the instep until you have 48 stitches. Make the foot 8 
inches long, decrease until the foot is 10 inches altogether 
in length. Cast off and sew up. This wool is so thick 
and strong that it is hardly necessary to do the heels and 
toes double with Angola. 


Stocking", for a Girl of Fourteen . 

(White merino.) 

Cast on 69. Knit 14 rounds, 2 plain, 2 pearl; make 
the first stitch the seam-stitch. Then 50 plain rounds. 
Decrease on each side of the seam-stitch 5 plain rounds. 
Increase 3 times with 5 plain rounds between each, 
increasing 20 plain rounds. Decrease with 6 plain rounds 
between every decreasing until you have only 53 stitches. 
Do 34 plain rounds for the ankle. Divide for heel and do 
the flap, 29 rows. Take up 18 stitches on each side. 
Reduce at the instep until you have 52 stitches. Do the 
foot as in preceding pattern, except that this one need 
only be 9 1-2 inches long. 

Gentleman's Sock . 

(large size.) 

The same as the following pattern, but cast on 94. 
When you have decreased the instep, let the foot be 92. 




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Gentleman's Ribbed Sock, 

(small size.) 

(Pins, No. 15. Grey or brown yarn.) 

This also does for a boy from 12 to 14. 

Cast on 80. One plain round ; make the first stitch the 
seam-stitch. Knit in ribs of 1 plain, 1 pearl, for 2 1-2 
inches. This is for the top part. Now begin to rib in 
threes; 3 plain stitches, 1 pearl. Continue thus for 8 
inches, and then divide for the heel by taking 20 stitches 
on each side of the seam-stitch. Knit these 21 backwards 
and forwards, remembering to keep the seam-stitch and 
ribs even; you must, in coming back, of course pearl 3 
and knit 1. When 3 inches or 34 rows are done you 
discontinue ribbing, and turn the heel. Pick up 18 
stitches from the side, and knit the sole plain, but con¬ 
tinue the 10 ribs on the 2 front pins. When 2 rounds are 
done, decrease every round until you have only 70 stitches ; 
then knit until the foot is 7 1-2 inches long. You now dis¬ 
continue ribbing. Do 8 rounds plain, and then decrease 
for the toe. This takes up 2 more inches, and your sock 
ought now to be 10 inches long. Cast off and sew up. 


Baby's Boot, 

(It must be knitted on two pins. No. 16; }£ 02 . pink Berlin and oz. white are 
required.) 

This is a very pretty pattern indeed. 

Cast on 50 stitches with the pink. 

1st row—Knit plain. 

2nd row—Knit the 3 first stitches; * pearl 2, knit 2. 
Repeat from * until you come to the last 3 stitches, which 
must be knitted. 

Repeat this row twice. 



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5th row—Plain. 

6th row—Pearl. 

7th row—Slip the first stitch, * take 2 together. 
Repeat from * ; knit the last stitch. 

8th row—Slip the first stitch, * put the wool over the 
needle to increase; knit 1; repeat from*. In this way 
you ought to have 50 stitches on your needles. 

9th row—Knit every stitch. 

10th row—Pearl every stitch. 

nth row—Slip 1, take 2 together; continue to knit 2 
together until you come to the last stitch, which must be 
knitted. 

12th row—The same as 8th. 

13th row—Plain knitting. 

14th row—Pearl. 

Now join the white wool. Do 9 rows of ribbed 
knitting, but remember to do 3 plain stitches both at the 
beginning and end of every row. 

10th row—Plain knitting. 

nth row—Pearl. 

12th row—Slip the first stitch, *take 2 together. 
Repeat from * ; knit the last stitch. 

13th row—Slip the first stitch, *pass the wool over the 
needle, knit one ; repeat from *. You ought now to have 
50 stitches. 

14th row—Plain knitting. 

15th row—Pearl. 

Repeat these 4 rows three times, so as to have 4 rows 
of ornamental holes. Join the pink wool. 

16th row—Slip 1, take 2 together; knit 10, take 2 
together; knit 20, take 2 together; knit 10, take 2 
together. 

2nd row—Knit plain. 


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3rd row—Slip I, take 2 together; continue to knit 
plain until you come to the 3rd and 2nd from the end, 
which must be knitted together. 

4th row—Plain knitting. 

5th row—Knit 14. Join the white, knit 10; turn 
round and work on those 16 stitches in white, leaving the 
pink on the needle without working them. Pearl a row, 
and knit a row. 

Then slip the first stitch, *take 2 together; Repeat 
from *. 

The next row slip 1, and increase before every stitch by 
passing the wool over the needle: you ought now to have 
16 stitches. 

Knit a row, pearl a row. Repeat these 4 rows 4 times. 

You ought now to have 5 rows of ornamental holes. 
Cast off the white, and go on with the pink on the right- 
hand side. Pick up 11 stitches from the side of the white 
flap, make n stitches. Knit 14 rows. 

15th row—*, Slip the first stitch, take 2 together. 
This ought to be at the toe. The rest plain. 

16th row—Plain knitting. 

17th row—Slip 1, take 2 together, the rest of the row 
being plain knitting. 

18th row—Plain. 

19th row—Slip 1, take 2 together: take 2 together 
again ; the rest plain knitting until you come to within 3 
of the end, when you knit 2 together, the last stitch plain. 

20th row—Knit plain. 

21 st row—slip the first, knit 2 together ; knit 2 together 
again; continue plain knitting to within 5 of the heel, 
when you knit the 5th and 4th together ; knit the 3rd and 
2nd together, and the last stitch plain. 

22nd row—Knit plain. 



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23rd row—Slip the first, knit 2 together; knit 2 
together again; plain knitting till the 2nd and 3rd from 
the end, which you must knit together. 

24th row—Plain. 

25th row—Slip 1, take 2 together, the remainder plain. 
26th row—Plain. 

27th row—slip 1, knit 2 together, the rest plain. 

28th row—Plain, cast off. 



Pick up 11 stitches of pink at c to form the toe. 

1st row—Knit plain. Then increase at the toe until 
you have 18 stitches. Knit 3 rows plain. 

Decrease every other time at the toe, until you have 
only 11 stitches. Pick up 11 white stitches at the side of 
flap d , still knitting with pink wool, and take up the 14 
stitches at e. 

Knit 14 rows in pink. Go back to* at the 15th row, 
and end at the 28th row. 

This is rather a difficult pattern, but when finished 
quite repays one for the trouble taken. 





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Baby's Boot . 

(a very easy pattern.) 

(White Berlin, and pins No. 13) 

Cast on 30; and, if speed be a desirability, the entire 
sock may be done in plain knitting, but the following way 
is far prettier. Knit the 1st row ; then do 24 rows for the 
leg, in any fancy stitch you like; the last row, * knit 2, 
Wool over the needle, take 2 together. Repeat from*. 
This forms holes, into which ribbon must afterwards be 
run. 

25th row—From this time forward you must knit 1, 
pearl 1 ; reverse every 3rd row, to make a kind of dice 
pattern. Cast on 11 extra stitches at the end of each of 
the next 2 rows, making 62 in all. Increase at the 
beginning of every row until there are 62 stitches; do 4 
plain rows ; then decrease in the same way until you have 
only 52 again. Cast off and sew up. Crochet a double 
scallop at the top in blue Shetland, to give a little finish. 

Double Knitting. 

Cast on any number of stitehes. 

Knit a plain row. 

2nd row—Slip the first stitch, knit the 2nd in a usual 
manner, but put the thread twice round the needle. 
Then bring the thread forward as if you were going to 
pearl, only do not pearl, but take the stitch off, and put 
the wool in front of the stitch back to its place. Then 
begin again and knit a stitch with wool twice round the 
needle. 

3rd row—Knit the first stitch. Bring the wool 
forward, and take off the the long stitch, putting the 
thread down in front. Knit the short stitch, putting the 
thread twice round the needle. 





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Double Knitting with Four 

Cast on twice the number of stitches you wish td J?ave 
on the right side of the knitting. 

* Bring the wool forward, slip i, put the thread back, 
knit i, putting the thread twice round the needle. 
Repeat from *. 

2nd round—Pearl, putting the thread twice round the 
needle, put the wool back to the other side, and then slip 
the long stitch. Repeat these two stitches. 

You must be very careful in changing these rows, as 
otherwise it joins. A good plan is to tie a piece of red 
wool where the pattern begins. Of course the pattern 
interlaces at the ist stitch, but otherwise it ought to be 
quite separate. 

3rd round—The same as ist. 

4th row—The same as 2nd. 


Comforters, 

Double knitting is the most useful for boys* comforters. 

Cast on 60 stitches with pins No. 6, and Berlin wool or 
any soft wool, and .continue to knit backwards and 
forwards until the desired length is attained. White or 
scarlet double Berlin is warm and soft. 



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A Night-Jfck 

or Carriage-Sock in Double Knitting . 


77 stitches 


£ 

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n £3 


17 stitches 


80 stitches 


This pattern does for a grown up person if tolerably 
large bone needles are used. 

The above figure shows the sock completed but not 
sewn up. 

Cast on 80 stitches. Double knitting for 13 rows. 

14th row—Double knit 63, plain knit the rest. 

15th row—take off the 17 plain-knitted stitches, double 
knit 46, plain knit to the end. 

16th row—Take off the 17 plain stitches. 

Continue double knitting for 13 or 14 rows. Now 1 
plain and 1 pearl row. 

Knit 1, knit 2 together; knit 6 plain stitches. Repeat 
to the end of the row. 

Pearl 1 row. 

Knit 1, knit 2 together, 5 plain. Repeat to the end of 
the row. 

Pearl 1 row. 

Knit 1, knit 2 together, 5 plain. Repeat. 

Knit 1, knit 2 together, 4 plain ; repeat until 12 stitches 
are left, and cast off, leaving a long thread. Fold the 
work together and sew it up at the heel; gather it a little 
in the sewing at the toe. This may seem an odd shape, 
but it fits very well when on the foot. 












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Gentleman’s Waistcoat. 

(medium size, for a young man.) 

(Steel pins. No. 10. K dark claret-colored double Berlin wool.) 

Cast on 60 stitches. 

1 st row—1 plain, i pearl. Repeat. 

You must be careful always to pearl where in preceding 
row, you worked a plain stitch. Every row is alike. 
When you have knitted it long enough, work another side 
in the same manner, and send it to a tailor to make up. 
This knitting will not run down when cut. 


Another. 

(larger or smaller size.) 

As sizes vary so much, a good plan to ensure a nice fit 
is to measure the front of a waistcoat at the broadest part, 
and then for every inch allow 6 stitches in double Berlin 
wool, with steel pins No. 10. 

Thus: suppose your waistcoat ought to measure 11 
inches across, you must cast on 66 stitches; and for the 
turnings in you had better allow 9 stitches; altogether, 
75 stitches. 

Ermine Muff at ee. 

(1 oz. white and 1 oz. scarlet, 1 skein black, 1 skein yellow Berlin wool; 4 pins. 

No. 17.) 

Cast on 20 on 2 needles, and 23 on the 3rd. Knit 2 
inches in ribs of 3 plain, 3 pearl. Join the scarlet, knit 1 
plain inch. Go on with the white and knit 2 inches, 
ribbed, 3 and 3. Take a wool-needle, and with black 
wool make 2 little lengthway stitches on the plain stitches 
on the ribbed part. Then make a yellow stitch between 
the black, to imitate ermine spots. Now double black 




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the plain knitting and hem it in a neat fold. Any other 
color may be substituted for scarlet. A bright blue is 
pretty. _ 

Lady's Muffatee. 

(quick pattern. J 

(Pins, No. 14. 1 oz. white Berlin, % oz. bright blue.) 

Cast on 20 on 2 needles, 24 on the 3rd. Plain 3, pearl 
3. Knit 3 inches and cast off. With a bone crochet- 
needle make a very narrow crochet edging lengthways up 
and down each rib. This has a very pretty and bright 
effect. 

Gentleman's Muffatee . 

Cast on 70 stitches, 1 row plain. 

2nd row—2 plain, 2 pearl. Repeat for about an inch. 
Then 41-2 inches of plain knitting. Another inch to 
match the bottom part, of 2 plain and 2 pearl alternately; 
remembering, of course, to make the plain stitches in 1 
row, the pearled ones in the next. Cast off, and take care 
not to cast off too tightly, as this part goes over the hand. 
Sew up, leaving about four inches unsewn for the thumb. 
Join the wool at the lower part of the thumb, nearest the 
wrist; pick up 2 stitches; with your second needle turn 
and pearl off these 2 together. Now you have 1 stitch 
upon your needle; knit this stitch and pick up 1 from the 
side; turn and pearl these 2 ; pick up another from the 
other side. Continue to pick up these side-stitches, but 
every 3 rows you must knit (or pearl) 2 together until 
you have decreased S stitches. You will now find it 
more convenient to have the knitting on 2 pins. 
Continue knitting and pearling until you have picked up 
nearly all the side-stitches. These few remaining stitches 





about 8 (4 on either side), take up on a third needle, and 
knit 3 plain rounds. 

4th round—Pearl 2, plain 2. Repeat 9 times and cast 

off. 


Knitted Purse . 

(1 skein blue and 1 black of purse twist.) 

These old-fashioned long purses are still occasionally 
used ; the following pattern is rather a small one. 

Cast on 72. Knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1. Repeat. 

2nd row—Plain. When broad enough double it and 
sew up, leaving about 3 inches open for the money to slip 
in. Finish off with steel rings and tassels. 


Another Purse . 

(Pins, No. 17 or 18, and 1 oz. embroidery silk) 

Cast on 144, and proceed as above; or make i, knit 3, 
draw the 1st of the 3 over the other 2. 

2nd row—Plain. Repeat. 

Lady's Knitted Woolen Vest , or yersey. 
(beautifully warm and comfortable.) 

(Needles No. 9; merino wool.) 

For the back—cast on 78 stitches, pearl 3, plain 3, in 
ribs for 140 rows. 

141st row—7-Knit 18 stitches; now turn (these 18 
stitches form the shoulder-strap) ; pearl the 18; knit 
them; turn, and pearl them. You ought now to be 
beginning the row again, and this time you pearl; and 
now pearl the 17th and 18th stitches together; turn and 
knit back; turn and pearl back; knit a row, taking the 
16th and 17th together ; turn and pearl back ; knit a row, 








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taking the 15th and 16 together. Turn, and knit the row. 
Go on in this way, remembering always to decrease at the 
left side, at the end of every row, until you have done 5 ribs 
altogether. You ought to have 12 stitches on now. 
Then cast off. These ribs ought to be crossways instead 
of lengthways. 

Now begin to cast off the remaining stitches, until you 
come to the last 18. Work this shoulder the same as the 
last. 

For the front part of the vest you cast on 78 stitches 
and knit 125 rows. Begin the right-hand shoulder by 
pearling, and make ribs as before, only this time you do 
not begin to decrease at the left until you have done 7 
ribs. Reduce to 12 stitches; make 11 ribs and cast off. 

Cast off the remaining stitches, and proceed as before 
with the last 18 for the 4th skoulder-piece 

Now sew up these 2 sides until you get to within 24 
rows from the top of the front piece, which is the shortest. 
You must now join the rest with a gusset, which you 
form by picking up 1 stitch, knit it and turn; in every 
row you must now take up 1 stitch, and rib them the 
same as the other part of the vest in 3 and 3. Thus, the 
1st row you have 1 stitch, the next row 2, the next row 3, 
and so on. When 24 rows are done, cast off. Sew up 
the shoulders, and crochet a narrow border of small even 
holes, into which run a piece of crochet wool or white 
ribbon. 

It is a good plan to pick up the stitches all along the 
shoulder-strap, and knit a few rows, according to the 
depth of sleeve desired. 




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Shetland Shawl. 

Oi ®> of wool, and bone pins. No. 7.) 

A scarlet or violet crocheted border improves it. It 
can be finished off with a fringe or not, as suites the taste. 

Cast on 302. Knit a plain row ; knit 1 plain stitch at 
the beginning and end of every row. *Make 1, knit 3, 
draw the 1st of the 5 over the other 2. Repeat from *. 
The next row plain. Repeat these 2 rows until enough 
is done, and cast off. 

Any fancy stitch will do; it had better be rather a 
simple one. 

Easy and Handsome Pattern for an Antimacassar , 
or Couvrette. 

(Pins, No. 6. Scarlet maize, black, green, violet, are pretty contrasts.) 

Cast on 14 stitches plain knitting until you have 
attained the required length. The only difficulty is in the 
casting off. You begin by slipping the first stitch and 
knitting the second, which must be very loose indeed, 
almost an inch in length; pass the slipped stitch over. 
Now drop the 3rd stitch and let it run the whole length of 
the knitting. Continue thus. The dropped stitches are 
allowed to run down, and they form a kind of loop-pattern 
separated by ridges. Add a fringe at top and bottom. 


Another. 

Cast on 19 and rib cross-ways in nines. When long 
enough drop the middle stitch. Cast on 9 in white, rib 
another stripe in the same way, and drop the middle 
stitch. Crochet with black along every colored stripe, 
and join to the white with maize or orange. Two stripes 
of green and one of purple look very nice. 




Persian Antimacassar . 

(this is extremely pretty, and is not difficult.) 

(2 or 3 skeins of zephyr, of each color, according to the length required. Pins, No. 

10. Scarlet, gold, green, violet, dark crimson, and blue. 6 skeins black, and 
6 white filoselle.) 

Cast on 22. Knit any length you like and cast off. 
Now select any simple wool-work pattern—a palm is best i 
—or any Moorish pattern, and work it in cross-stitch on i 
the knitting. Do 5 on 1 strip and 6 on the next, so that 
they do not come exactly in a line one with another. 
This has a very fine effect, indeed. The pattern ought to 
be worked in black, or black and white filoselle. Join, 
and add a fringe. 

Raised Plait Knitting for Carriage-rug . 

(this is extremely handsome.) 

(You must have a third pin pointed at both ends.) 

Cast on 20, and knit 6 plain rows. 

7th row—Knit 4, pearl 4, turn round, and knit and 
pearl these 4 alternately until 11 rows are done. An 
easy way of counting is to look at the side of the small 
strip, where there ought to be 7 large chains. When 11 
rows are done you slip these 4 stitches on to the 3rd pin, 
which you must keep on the right-hand side of your 
knitting. 

Pearl 4 stitches on the right-hand pin off the 2nd pin on 
the left, leaving the 3rd pointed pin hanging down over 
the right side of the knitting; then pearl the 4 stitches on 
the above mentioned 3rd pin ; pearl 4, knit 4. 

8th row—Plain knitting. 

9th row—Plain knitting. 

10th row—Knit 8, turn round, and pearl and knit these 
4 alternately until 11 rows are done. Slip them on to the 



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pointed pin, and let it hang down over the right side of 
the knitting. Knit 4 stitches on the right-hand pin off 
the left one; then knit the 4 on the double-pointed pin; 
knit the remainder. 

nth row—Knit 4, pearl 12, knit 4. 

12th row—Plain knttting. 



Repeat from the 7th row until 1 1-2 yards are done; 
knit 6 plain rows and cast off. You must knit 5 stripes, 
3 scarlet and 2 white, and join with Berlin. Put a fringe, 
which must be crocheted on. Take about 24 inches of 
wool, double it, insert the crochet-needle in a stitch of the 
couvre-pied and pull the ends of wool through the loop, 
and tighten gently with the fingers. 




































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Baby's Cradle Cover. 


(Long wooden pins, No. 10. 1 ft pink and 1 ft white zephyr.) 


Cast on 7 stitches with pink, 7 with white ; continue to 
cast on alternately 7 in each color until you have 147 
altogether. Do 7 stitches in pink, 7 in white. Repeat 
3rd row, 7 pink stitches, and pass the wool in front; then 
go on with the white. Continue this knitting, and when 
7 rows are done do white over the pink squares and pink 
over the white; you thus make regular rows of squares, j 
You must be careful always to pass the wool after every 
alternate row to the front of the knitting, so as to have all 
the long threads on the wrong side; care must be taken 
not to pull these threads to tightly in passing from one 
colored square to another. Make a fringe, and line 
carefully with pink silk. 

Several of the couvrette patterns would make the above, 
and nearly all the fancy stitches would be pretty done in 
stripes of pink and white. 


Knitted Quilt. 

(Bone pins. No. 6. Scarlet and white zephyr. 

In stripes with cross-stitch sprigs. 

Cast on 12 stitches ; knit a stripe of plain knitting, 208 
rows long. Now work about 17 sprigs or any other 
pattern on it, in bright filoselle silk leaving 10 rows 
between each pattern. Now knit a scarlet stripe 108 
rows long. This stripe has no sprigs worked on 
it. Do 10 scarlet and 9 white stripes, and join 
together. 






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Hearth-Rug. 

(Cast on with ordinary twine, and steel pins, any even number of stitches, Have 
ready narrow pieces of cloth, about 2% inches long and % inch broad.) 

This must be made in squares and then sewn together. 

Knit i plain row. 

2nd row—Slip i ; * put a strip of cloth between the 2 
needles and knit a stitch; then turn the end of cloth up 
again so that both ends may come on the right side. Knit 
a stitch. Repeat from*. The next row plain. You 
must pull this knitting rather tight. 

The cloth can be bought of almost any tailor by the 
pound of scraps. It makes a pretty border to put scarlet 
stripes at regular intervals. 


Loop Knitting. 

This knitting leaves loops on one side, and is very 
pretty and warm for quilts, couvrettes, &c. 

Cast on any number of stitches. Do not slip the first 
but always knit it. 

1st row—Plain knitting. 

2nd row—put the wool round the needle as if you were 
going to knit a plain stitch, but instead of knitting let the 
wool hang straight down over the forefinger of the left 
hand ; wind it round and put it for the second time round 
the finger, and for the third time put it round the needle ; 
and now knit this stitch, which ought to have the appear¬ 
ance of 3 in 1. Repeat. The next row plain. Do 
about 6 rows plain and then repeat with the loops; of 
course you must only make them on one side of the knit¬ 
ting, and they will require a little pulling to keep them in 
the right place. This is handsome in stripes of shaded 
red. 





Fringe . 

(Berlin wool or cotton. Pins, No. 14. 

Cast on 14. Knit the desired length, cast off 4 stitches, 
and then unravel all the rest. 


Woollen Fringe . 

(very handsome) 

Have some ends ready cut, and cast on 7 stitches. 

1st row—Knit 1, bring the wool forward, knit 2 
together; take one of the lengths and double it, hang it 
on the right-hand needle, knit 2 stitches, bring the double 
ends of wool forward, knit 1 stitch, put the end back, and 
knit the last stitch. 

2nd row—Knit every stitch plain, taking up with the 
4th stitch the loop of fringe wool, and being careful not 
to split either of them. Continue to the end of the row 
plain. 

3rd row—The same as 1st. 

4th row—The same as 2nd. Repeat. 

Lady's Scarlet and White Petticoat . 

(worn instead of a flannel one.) 

Wooden pins about 17 inches long, and then cast on all 
the stitches you require. With pins No. 5 cast on 360, 
and knit with scarlet for 1 inch; then 2 inches of white, 
then 2 inches of scarlet. Now do the rest of the petticoat 
in double knitting, or some fancy stitch. (See page 79.) 
When it is 26 inches long rib 21 rows in 2 plain, 2 pearl, 
and cast off. Knit a simple crochet scarlet edging, 
^hese petticoats pull out several inches longer after being 
washed. 




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Lady*s Petticoat. 


(Both these petticoats take about 15 skeins of white yarn. Bone pins, No. 5. 



Cast on 120, and knit 25 inches plain, then rib by doing* 1 
2 plain and 2 pearl for 24 rows. Cast off. Do another 
breadth ; and for the 3rd and front breadth you must, after 
the first 12 rounds, decrease at the beginning and end of 
each row about every 2 inches. If you do not like to 
have a gored breadth do this one exactly the same as the 
other two. Crochet some scalloped edges round the 
bottom of the petticoat, after having joined the breadths 
together. These petticoats are beautifully warm and last 
for a long time. Summer ones can be knitted with the 
same pins in Angola yarn. It can be charmingly finished 
with a border. You need only make the petticoat 24 
inches long in that case. 


For a Common Quilt. 


Cast on with cotton 2 stitches, use pins No. 14, and 
increase every row. Do 6 rows of plain and 6 of pearl, 
so as to make lengthway ribs. When half a square is 
done decrease at the beginning of every row. When a 
sufficient number of squares are finished join together 
with a square piece of calico between each knitted one. 
Thus: take a piece of calico, turn down the raw edges, 
double it to the size of the knitted square, and tack the 2 
edges together. Then sew the knitting and the calico 
together, as if you were doing patchwork. The raw edges 
of the calico must, of course, be turned inwards, meeting 
each other so as not to be seen even on the wrong side of 
the quilt. This is a quick and neat quilt, but is not so 
pretty as the other patterns. 



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Quilt. Laurel-Leaf Pattern. 

(it is a very handsome pattern.) 

(Cotton, and pins No. 14 or 15.) 

It makes a beautiful cradle cover. 

This quilt is made in squares and joined afterwards. 
Cast on i, and you must not forget to increase at the 
beginning of every row. 

2nd and 3rd rows—Plain knitting. 

4th row—Increase (by putting the cotton round the 
needle) before every stitch. 

5th row—You ought to have 6 stitches now. Do i 
plain, 3 pearl, 2 plain. 

( 5 th row—Knit 2, increase ; knit 3, increase ; knit 2. 

7th row—Knit 2, pearl 5, knit 3. 

8th row—Knit 3, increase ; knit 5, increase ; knit 3. 

9th row—Knit 3, pearl 7, knit 4. 

10th row—Knit 4, increase ; knit 7? increase ; knit 4. 
nth row—Knit 4, pearl 9, knit 5. 

12th row—Plain knitting. 

13th row—Knit 5, pearl 9, knit the rest. 

14th row—Plain. 

15th row—Knit 6, pearl 9, knit the rest. 

16th row—Plain. 

17th row—Knit 7, pearl 9, plain the rest. 

18th row—Plain. 

19th row—Knit 8, pearl 9, knit the rest. 

20th row—Plain. 

21st row—Knit 9, pearl 9, plain. 

22nd row—Knit 10, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped 
over, knit 5, knit 2 together, the rest plain. 

23rd row—Knit 10, pearl 7, knit the rest. 

24th row—Knit 11, slip 1, knit 1, take the slipped stitch 
over, knit 3, knit 2 together, plain. 



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25th row—Knit n, pearl 5, plain. 

26th row—Knit 12, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over, 
knit 1, knit 2 together, plain. 

27th row—Knit 12, pearl 3, plain. 

28th row—Knit 13, slip 1, take 2 together, pass the 
slipped stitch over. This finishes the leaf, and ought to 
be 28 stitches; the other half of the square is in ribs, 
decreasing at the beginning of every row. 

29th row—Pearl, then a plain row, then pearl a row, 
plain a row, plain another row, pearl. Continue thus in 
lengthway ribs of 3, until you have decreased to 1 stitch. 
Join the squares so that 4 laurel leaves meet in the center. 


Maltese Pattern. 

(Knitting-cotton No. 6, and pins No. 16.) 

This is one of the handsomest patterns there are, but it 
must be knitted much tighter than ordinary work. Twist 
the cotton twice round the little finger, and you will thus 
be enabled to draw the stitches quite tight. 

When your squares are done, sew them together at the 
plain part, at the beginning-, where the increasings were 
made. They ought to make a perfect Maltese cross. 
Cast on i stitch and increase every row. Knit until you 
have 27 stitches on your needle. This completes the ist 
division. 

28th row—Make i, pearl the rest. 

29th row—Make i, knit the remainder. 

30th row—Make i, pearl i, *put thread before the 
needle, pearl 2 together. Repeat from *. 

31st row—Make 1, knit the rest. 

32nd row—Make 1, pearl the rest. 

Do the 33rd and 34th rows like the 31st, and now the 
2nd division is done. 




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35th row—Make i, *knit 2, pearl 2. Repeat from*. 

36th row—Make 1, * pearl 2, knit 2. Repeat from*. 
Knit the last stitch. 

37th row—Make 1, knit 1, * pearl 2, knit 2. Repeat 
from *. 

38th row—Make 1, pearl 1, *knit 2, pearl 2. Repeat 
from *. 

39th row—Make 1, * pearl 2, knit 2. Repeat from*. 

40th row—Make 1, *knit 2, pearl 2. Repeat from*. 
Pearl the last stitch. 

41st row—Make 1, pearl the rest. 

42nd row—Make 1, pearl the rest. 

43rd row—Now you begin to decrease. Knit 2 
together, knit the rest. 

44th row—Pearl 2 together, pearl. 

45th row—Knit 2 together, put the cotton before the 
needle. Repeat alternately. 

46th row—Pearl 2 together. Pearl the rest. 

47th row—Knit 2 together, knit the rest. 

48th row—Pearl 2 together, pearl. 

49th row—Like the 48th. 

50th row—Now you do the 3rd division again of 2 
plain, 2 pearl, according to the pattern ; always decreasing 
at the beginning. In the last row of this division you 
knit every stitch. You ought to have 27 stitches, and the 
rest of the square is plain knitting. 

It is an improvement after the quilt is finished to run 
blue ribbon round the holes which surround the cross, to 
define it, and bring it out more clearly. 



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Canadian Cloud . 

(Wooden pins, No. 1; 10 skeins of white and 2 of Scarlet Shetland wool.) 

Cast on 200 stitches, and knit backwards and forwards 
for 2i-2 yards. Cast off. Now with the scarlet crochet 
a border at the 2 sides. Double the cloud lengthways, 
and then draw up the 2 ends and finish off with a large 
i tassel, made in the following way:—Double a skein of 
white wool twice, then tie it round very tightly with strong 
wool about 2 inches from the end; cut the other ends, 
and join the cloud and tassel together with a crochet cord 
made of Berlin wool. It makes the cloud prettier to add 
a little scarlet crocheted cap to the tassel. 

Rose-bud Pattern. 

(Pins No. 13 and coarse cotton.) 

Cast on 19 for the pattern, and 2 extra stitches, to have 
a plain one at the beginning and end of every row. 

1 st row—Knit the first stitch, and knit 1, pearl 2, knit 
1, put the cotton over the needle, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, 
pass the slipped stitch over, pearl, take 2 together, knit 1, 
pearl 1, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over, 
pearl i, take 2 together, knit 1, put cotton over, knit the 
last stitch. 

2nd row—1 plain, 3 pearl, 1 plain; 2 pearl, 1 plain; 
2 pearl, 1 plain ; 4 pearl, 2 plain, 1 pearl. 

3rd row—Slip the first stitch, 1 plain, 2 pearl, 1 plain ; 
put the cotton over the needle, 1 plain ; put cotton over, 
slip 1, knit 1 pass the slipped over; 1 pearl, take 2 
together, 1 pearl, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over, 1 
pearl, take 2 together, the cotton over, 1 plain, cotton 
over, the last plain. 

I 4th row—Slip the first, pearl 4, knit 1, pearl plain, 
pearl plain, pearl 5, knit 2, plain pearl. 




5th row^—Slip i, knit i, pearl 2, knit 1, cotton over, 
knit 3, cotton over, slip 1, knit 2 together, draw the 
slipped over, pearl 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, draw the 
slipped over, put cotton over, knit 3, put cotton over, knit 
the last. 

6 th row—Slip the first, pearl 6 , knit 1, pearl 7? knit 2, 
pearl 1, knit the last. 

7th row—Slip the first, knit 1, pearl 2, knit 1, cotton 
over, knit 5, cotton over, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the 
slipped over, put cotton over the needle, knit 5 plain, 
cotton over. 

8th row—1 plain, pearl 16, 2 plain, pearl 1, knit the 
last plain. 

Repeat from the 1st row again. 

This forms a handsome border, either for quilts, 
antimacassars, or baby’s cradle cover, especially the 
latter, done in stripes of plain knitting, in wool. 


Another Pretty Border . 

With knitting cotton cast on 54 and knit a plain row. 

1 st row—Knit 2, * knit 2 together, knit 6, thread 
forward, knit 1, thread forward, knit 6, knit 2 together. 
Repeat from *. 

2nd row—Pearl. 

3rd row—Like the 1st. 

4th row—Pearl. 

5th row—Like the 1st. 

6th row—Plain knitting. 

7tn row—Pearl. 

8th row—Plain knitting. 

Begin again from the first row. 



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Arrow Pattern in Stripes . 


(very easy.) 

Cast on any uneven number of stitches, according to 
the width you require. We will say 13. Put the wool 
before the needle and knit 6 plain stitches. This makes 7 
stitches on the right-hand needle. Knit 2 together. The 
rest plain. Every row alike. 


Cable Knitting. 

This is very pretty, either for the tops of babies* boots 
or stockings in fine wool, or for couvrettes, quilts, &c. in 
coarser. 

It takes 8 stitches fo*r the pattern. Cast on as many as 
you require for the width of the knitting, and do 1 row 
plain. 

2nd row—Pearl 1, put the wool back, slip 1, knit 1, 
pass the slipped stitch over; pearl 1, putting the thread 
twice round the needle, knit 4. Repeat to the end of the 
row. 

3rd row—Pearl 4, knit 1, pearl 2, knit 1. Repeat. 

4th row—Pearl 1, keep the thread forward, slip 1, pass 
the wool back to its proper place, knit 1, pass the slipped 
stitch over, pearl 1. Now take the next 2 stitches on a 
third needle, and keep them on the right side of your 
knitting; knit the next 2 stitches, and then knit off the 2 
on the third needle. 

5th row—Pearl 4, knit 1, pearl 2, knit 1. Repeat. 

Begin again from the 2nd row. 

If you desire your cable broader you need only add on 
a few more stitches, say 9 or 10, to the pattern, With 10 
stitches you would have to slip 4 on to the third needle. 



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It makes quite as handsome a couvrette as the one on 
page 74, and costs about the same. 

Hood Pattern .—Any number of stitches divisible by 2. 

ist row—Knit 2 together, thread forward. Repeat. 

2nd row—Thread before the needle, pearl 2 together. 
Repeat. Pearl the last 2 together. Do the next row like 
the ist. 

4th row—Pearl 1, * thread before the needle, pearl 2 
together. Repeat from*. 

5th row—Knit 1, * thread forward, knit 2 together 
Repeat from *. 

6th row—Like the 4th. 

7th row—Like the ist. Finish by knitting. Then 
begin again at the 4th row. 

Pretty Pattern , which forms a deep Scallop. —Cast 
on 12 for each pattern. Knit a row, pearl a row 4 times. 

5th row—Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2 together, thread 
forward ; knit 1, thread forward ; knit 1, thread forward ; 
knit 1, thread forward; slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped 
over ; slip 1, knit 1. pass the slipped over. Repeat. 

6th row—Pearl. These 2 rows alternately, until the 
knitting is long enough. 

Open Pattern , for Antimacassar .—Make 1, slip 1, 
pearl 2 together, make 2, slip 1, pearl 2 together. 
Repeat. Every row is alike. 


Net Pattern .—Any number of stitches which can be 
divided by 3. Slip 1, thread before the needle, knit 2 
together. Repeat. 



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Large Holes .—Cast on in eights. 

ist row—Knit 2 together, thread forward twice, slip 1 ; 
knit 1, pass the slipped over; knit 2 together, thread 
forward twice, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over. 
Repeat. 

2nd row—Pearl 1, knit the first part of this stitch and 
pearl the second, pearl 2, knit the first, pearl the second 
part, pearl 1. Repeat. 

3rd row—Thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the 
slipped over; * knit 2 together, thread forward twice, slip 
1, knit 1, pass the slipped over. Repeat from*. 

4th row—Knit the first thread, pearl the second, pearl 
2; knit the first thread, pearl the second, pearl 2. 
Repeat. 


Lattice Pattern . 

This is very handsome for antimacassars in stripes of 2 
or more colors, and also for a baby’s counterpane. For 
the latter cast on in white yarn no stitches on long 
wooden pins, No. 6. If when finished you wish it larger 
put a border in rose-bud pattern. For an antimacassar 
cast on 1 stitch on coarse bone pins. Plain knitting, 
increasing at the commencement of every row, until you 
have 22. (This pattern is in sixes, and you must have 2 
plain stitches at the beginning and end of every row to 
form a border; these must always be knitted plain. 
There must be an even number of stitches, 22, 28, 34, 
according to the width required.) 

ist row-—Knit the 22 stitches plain. 

2nd row—Slip 1, knit 1, for the border. *Knit 1, 
putting the wool 3 times round the needle. Repeat 
from*. 





3rd row—Slip i, knit i, for the border. *Take off 6 
long stitches, and pass the first 3 over the second 3, but 
do not let the latter run off the left-hand needle; and now 
knit off these 6 stitches plainly. Repeat from*. 

This may sound difficult, but it is really quite the 
reverse, as it merely consists in putting 3 stitches over 
another 3, and then knitting these 6 afterwards. 

Do 2 plain rows, and repeat from the 2nd row. 

When long enough, decrease with plain knitting to 
match the commencement, and finish off the points with 
tassels. 

The next stripe, if preferred, can be done in a different 
pattern, only you must remember to make the points, by 
beginning with 1 stitch and then increasing up to the 
requisite number, decreasing in the same manner at the 
end. 

Fancy Stitches . 

All the following patterns are pretty. You must 
always cast on 2 extra stitches, so as to have a plain stitch 
at the beginning and end of every row, and every 
alternate row is pearled. Always work 1 or? rows plain 
for a foundation. 

Pearl Pattern .—Cast on an even number of stitches. 

1st row—Pearl 1, slip 1. Repeat. 

3rd row—Slip 1, pearl 1. Repeat. 

Go back to the 1st row. 

Rain Pattern .—14 stitches are required for each 
pattern. 

1st row—Knit 1, thread forward, knit 5, slip 1, knit 2 
together, pass the slipped stitch over, knit 5, thread 
forward. Repeat. 





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Ofen Pattern .—ist row—Knit i, bring the thread 
forward, slip i, knit I, pass the slipped over, knit i, knit 
2 together, bring thread forward. Repeat. 

3rd row—Knit 2, thread forward, slip 1, knit 2 together, 
pass slipped over, thread forward, knit 1. Repeat. 

5th row—Knit 1, knit 2 together, thread forward ; knit 
1, thread forward, slip 1, knit 1,. pass slipped over. 

7th row—Knit 2 together, * Thread forward, knit 3, 
thread forward, slip 1, knit 2 together, qass slipped over. 
Repeat from *. Then go back to the ist row. 

Square Pattern , 'with reversed Holes .—Cast on 10 
for each pattern and 2 over, slip the first and knit the last 
in everp row. Each alternate row is 5 plain, 5 pearl. 

ist row—Thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped 
over, knit 3, pearl 5. 

3rd row—Knit 1, thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass 
slipped over, knit 2, pearl 5. 

5th row—Knit 2, thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass 
slipped over, knit 1, pearl 5. 

7th row—Knit 3, thread forward, slip 1, knit i> pass 
slipped over, pearl 5. 

qth row—Pearl 5, knit 3, knit 2 together, thread 
forward. 

Now do every alternate row 5 pearl, 5 plain. 

nth row—Pearl 5, knit 2, take 2 together, thread 
forward, knit 1. 

13th row—Pearl 5, knit 1, take 2 together, thread 
forward, knit 2. 

15th row—Pearl 5, take 2 together, thread forward, 
knit 3. 





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Leaf Pattern. —7 stitches for each pattern. 

1st row—Thread forward, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 

2. Repeat. 

3rd row—Knit 1, thread forward, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, 
pass the slipped over, knit 2 together, knit 1, bring the 
thread forward. Repeat. 

5th row—Knit 2, thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass 
slipped over, knit 2 together, thread forward, knit 1. 
Repeat. 

7th row—Knit 2 together, knit 2, thread forward, knit 

3. Repeat. 

9th row—Knit 2 together, knit 1, thread forward, knit 
1, thread forward, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped 
over. Repeat. 

nth row—Knit 2 together, thread forward, knit 3, 
thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped over. Repeat. 
The next row pearled. Recommence from 1st row. 

Honeycomb. —Small holes. Cast on 6 for each pattern. 
1st row—Pearl 1, putting the thread before the needle 
twice,, pearl 2 together. Repeat. 

3rd row—Pearl 2 together, thread before the needle, 
pearl 1. Repeat. 

Another Pattern. —Cast on 8 for each. 

1st row—Thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the 
slipped over. Repeat. 

3rd row—Thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the 
slipped over, knit 6. Repeat. 

Brioche. —Cast on any number of stitches in threes, 
21, 30, 36, according to the desired width. * Thread 
before the needle, knit 2 together, slip 1. Repeat from*. 



Nice Pattern for the Tops of Socks. —5 stitches for 
each pattern. 

1st row—Pearl 2, keep the thread over the needle, knit 
3 together, thread over. Repeat. 

2nd row—Pearl 3, knit 2. Repeat. 

3rd row—Pearl 2, knit 3. Repeat. 

4th row—Like the 2nd. 


Very pretty little Pattern ,—1st row—Knit 2, thread 
forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped over. Repeat. 

2nd row—Pearl 2, thread over, pearl 2 together. 
Repeat these rows alternately. 

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Another. —Cast on 6 for each pattern. 

1 st row—Pearl 1, take 2 together, thread forward, knit 
1, thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over. 
Repeat. 

2nd row—Pearl 5, knit 1. These 2 rows alternately. 


Another. —Cast on 8 for each pattern. 

1st row—Take 2 together, thread forward, knit 2, 
thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over, knit 
2. Repeat. 

Every other row is—Pearl 4, pearl 2 together, thread 
over, pearl 2. 

3rd row—Take 2 together, thread forward, knit 3, 
thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over, knit 
, 1. Repeat. 

5th row—Take 2 together, thread forward, knit 4, 
thread forward, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped over. 
Repeat. 

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By this time my readers will perceive how much 
alteration can be made by merely reversing, and slightly 
altering, the position of knitted, pearled, and slipped 
stitches, and will doubtless be able to invent many more 
equally pretty patterns for themselves. 


High Bodice . 

(Three skeins scarlet merino and pins No. 5, or Shetland wool and pins No. 7. 

This bodice is meant to wear under the dress. 

Cast on 98 stitches, and rib with 2 plain, 2 pearl, for 12 
rows. 

13th row—Knit 16, make 1, (by putting the wool round 
the needle) knit 30, make 1, knit 6, make 1, knit 30, 
make i, knit 16. 

14th row—Plain knitting. 

15th row—Knit 17, make 1, knit 30, make 1, knit 8, 
make 1, knit 30, make 1, knit 17. 

16th row—Plain knitting. 

„ 17th row—Knit 18, make 1, knit 30, make 1, knit 10, 
make i, knit 30, make 1, knit 18. 

18th row—Plain. Continue in this way until you have 
done 30 rows with holes and 30 alternate plain rows. 

Now, for the front part take 60 stitches, leaving all the 
rest still on the needle, and do plain knitting backwards 
and forwards on those 60 for 32 rows. 

33rd row—Cast off 5 stitches, knit the rest plain. 

34th row—You must now reduce for the neck at the 
end of this row by taking 2 together. 

Decrease thus every other row for 31 rows; you must 
have 39 stitches on your needle. Cast off; this part is for 
the shoulder. 

Cast off 16 stitches under the arm. 






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For the back take 66 stitches, and do 16 rows of plain 
knitting; then 38 rows, decreasing for the shoulder at the 
end of each row. Now cast off 28 stitches for the neck. 
Cast off 16 under the other arm. Now take the remain¬ 
ing 60 stitches for the second front, and do 32 rows as on 
the other side. Reduce for the neck in the same manner, 
by casting off 5 at the 32nd row, and then decreasing at 
the end of every alternate row for 32 rows. Cast off; 
there ought to be 39 stitches. 

Sew the shoulders together, crochet round the neck and 
sleeves (1 treble, 2 chain), and run ribbon or crocheted 
chain round the former. 

The following diagram will render the explanations 



If sleeves are desired, cast on about 48 stitches, and do 
ribs of 3 and 3 the desired length. 









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A good plan to prevent the front part from stretching 
too much is, at every ioth row to leave the last io stitches 
before the end unknitted. 

This pattern is for an ordinary figure, but after one trial 
the knitter will find it can be altered to any size. 


Baby's Jacket . 

(Pins No. 9.) 

Cast on 36, knit 5 plain rows. 

6th row—Knit 4, make 1, knit the remainder. The 
next row plain. 

8th row—Knit 5, make 1, the rest plain. Continue in 
this way to make holes each time one stitch further from 
the edge until 13 holes are done. Then do 6 rows, 
decreasing once in every row, at the 6th from the edge, 
on the side where the holes are : this part goes under the 
arm. Now cast it off, leaving 32 stitches on the needle 
for the chest; knit these 32 for 22 rows, and then decrease 
(at the opposite side to where you cast off) for 20 rows, 
thus making 10 decreasings; knit 3 plain rows and cast 
off. Do another piece in the same way, and for the back 
cast on 22 and knit 5 plain rows ; this part is for the neck. 

6th row—Knit 4, increase ; knit to within 4 of the end, 
and increase again ; knit the remaining 4. 

yth row—Plain knitting. 

Do these alternately for 26 rows until you have 48 
stitches ; knit 16 rows ; then knit 1, take 2 together, take 
2 together, make 1, plain to within 5 of the end where 
you make 1, take 2 together, 2 together again, knit the 
last. The next row plain. Repeat these 2 rows alter¬ 
nately 12 times, then do 24 plain rows and cast off. 

For the neck, pick up about 40 stitches in scarlet and 
do 4 rows of ribbed knitting. Pick up 100 for the waist 





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and do 8 rows plain, also with scarlet, and 2 rows up the 
front. Finish off with large buttons and elastic loops, 
and either knit 4 rows (like the neck) round the sleeves, 
or put long ones. For the latter cast on 40 stitches and 
knit 7 inches. Rib 20 rows in scarlet for the wrist. 


Child's Gaiter. 

(3 needles. No. 11 or 12, and 2 ozs. brown Berlin wool.) 

Cast on 6o (for a very small child 54 will do), knit 3, 
pearl 3, for 24 rows. Now do plain knitting for 12 rows, 
then decrease at the beginning and end of the row. 
Continue plain knitting, but you must decrease every 5 
rows. When 6 decreasings are done go on knitting until 
78 rows are done. 

79th row—Knit 21 stitches, take the next 18 for the 
instep on a third pin and knit backwards and forwards, 
decreasing at the beginning and end after the first 2 rows. 
When 18 rows are done cast off. 

Sew up the leg, and take up the rest of the stitches for 
the heel. Do 10 rows, decreasing at the beginning and 
end of every row. Cast off. 

Round Sofa-cushion. 

(Berlin, and pins No. 14 may be used, casting on 54 stitches. This is rather a small 
6ize; to make it larger use coarser wool, and pins to correspond.) 

This can be worked in shades, or in any 2 colors which 
contrast well. 

ist row—Plain knitting. 

2nd row—The rest of the cushion is done in Brioche 
stitch ; leave the last 3 stitches unknitted, turn and go on 
with the Brioche stitch. 

4th row—Leave the last 6 unkintted and turn. 




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6th row—Leave the last 9 unknitted, and so on, 3 more 
every time you get to the end of the row. 

When you have worked off all the stitches, join the 
next shade and knit the whole row. The next row like 
tfie 2nd. 

This makes the knitting come into a gradual round. 
When large enough sew it up and do a second in the 
same way. Make a round pillow lined with feathers, 
and put between the knitting, which must be sewn 
together like a silk pincushion. Draw in the center, which 
may be finished off with an ornamental button ; the edges 
can be crocheted or left plain, as preferred. 

These cushions used to be very fashionable at one time, 
although they are seldom seen now. However, fashions 
change so quickly that they may, perhaps, be used again. 


Knee-caj), 

These are very comfortable for people who are at all 
rheumatic. 

Cast on 29 stitches with Berlin wool, knit 14, bring the 
wool forward, knit the rest. Continue this until 28 rows 
are done. Then knit 32 rows without increasing. Begin 
to decrease where you took the wool forward at the 14th 
stitch by knitting 2 together. Do 28 rows to correspond 
with the other side; have 29 stitches on your pin, the 
same as you began with. Cast off, and sew the ends 
together. 

The size of knee-caps must be regulated by the pins, 
and also by the number of stitches used. Many people 
consider them better when quite plain, without either 
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Baby's Hood. 

(Pins. No. 9 and Berlin, or any other soft wool.) 

Cast on 60, and do i plain row. Then do Hood 
pattern, page 86, for 5 rows; then 6 rows of plain 
knitting. Do the rest in any farffcy stitch. When the 
knitting is 4 inches deep do 2 plain rows, 1 pearled, and 
cast off. 

Cast on 22 stitches for the crown, do 1 plain row. 

2nd row—Knit 1, thread over, take 2 together. Repeat; 
6 more plain rows, and then any fancy stitch. When 3 
inches are done knit a row, decreasing at the beginning 
and end of the row. Pearl the next, decreasing in the 
same way. Do 5 more rows in this manner, and cast off. 
Now sew the crown and head parts together, gathering 
the fulness at the top, and not at the sides. 

Take up 74 stitches for the curtain, or neck part, and 
do 3 rows of alternate knitting and pearling; let the plain 
part come on the right side. 

In the 2nd row increase after every 2 stitches, so as to 
have about no altogether. When you have done 3 rows 
do any open pattern for 2 inches, and cast off. Edge the 
hood all round with a simple crochet edging in pink wool, 
and then ribbon round the neck. 


Infant's Socks. 

(very simple pattern.) 

(}£ oz. white, & oz. blue, single zephyr worsted. Pins, No. 13.) 

Cast on 63 stitches, knit 1, put worsted over, knit 1, 
knit 3 stitches together, * knit 1, put worsted over, knit 1, 
put worsted over, knit 2, knit 2 together. Repeat from *. 

Knit 5 rows white in this manner, then 5 rows blue, 
then 5 white, then 3 blue. Take 21 middle stitches, join 




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on white, knit twice across and back plain, blue twice 
seam, 2 rows white plain, 2 rows blue seam, on this row 
you slip and bind one end of needle and narrow at the 
other, 2 rows white plain, 2 rows blue seam and narrow 
as before, and continue until there are but 15 stitches. 
Take up 20 stitches on a side and knit all round twice 
with each color, bind off the toe, knit up side, 2 rows of 
each color. On the last row knit but once across on a 
side, and bind off together, sew up the toe and heel. 

Infant's Shirt. 

(White Angola wool.) 

Cast on 81 stitches. 

1st row—Knit plain. 

2nd row—Slip first stitch, make a stitch by bringing 
yarn forward, knit 3 stitches, slip a stitch, knit 2 together 
bind the slip stitch over, knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, 
knit 3, slip, narrow, bind, repeat to the end of the needle. 

3rd row—Knit seam stitch. 

Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows until you have 13 rows shell 
work. Then begin, seam 1, knit 3, seam 2, narrow in 
the middle of needle once, which leaves 80 stitches ; knit 
49 rows, seam 1, knit 3, seam 2, knit 3, seam 2. 

50th row—Knit, seam. 

51st row—Plain. 

52nd row—Seam. 

53rd row—Plain. 

54th row—Row of holes, by knitting 2 together, make 
1, 2 together, make 1. 

55th row—Plain. 

56th row—Seam ; bind off on wrong side. 

For sleeve cast on 51 stitches, knit 4 rows of shells like 
the bottom of shirt, bind off 14 stitches each end of 




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needle, and knit the remainder like the top of shirt, sew 
it into the body, and run in narrow white ribbon through 
the holes. 


Child's Shirt. 

This pattern is large enough for a child three years old 
and very quickly done, cast on 56 stitches, knit 20 rows 
backwards and forwards ; 2 pearled, 2 plain, then 35 rows 
plain, 1 row holes, 5 rows of ribbed like bottom of shirt. 
This makes half of shirt, knit the other half the same; 
sew up as far as arm hole. For sleeve cast on 46 stitches, 
knit 12 rows ribbed, 4 rows plain, sew them into body of 
shirt, and run a ribbon in through holes. 


Knitted Suspender. 

(White knitting cotton.) 

Cast on 28 stitches. 

1 st row—Slip 1, pearl 1. 

2nd row—Slip 1, pearl 1, being careful to slip the 
stitch pearled before, and pearl the stitch seamed before; 
in slipping the stitches in both rows, place the thread in 
front, just as though you intended to pearl the stitch; 
knit 10 rows in this manner, then 6 rows of, slip 1, knit 
1, plain in the same manner as the first 10, except the 
nth row, which must be, knit, slip 1, plain 1, slipping 
the stitch which had been slipped in previous row, and 
knitting those that had been knit; then 10 rows like the 
first 10, except the 16th knit like the nth. Repeat these 
alternate rows until the suspenders are long enough. For 
the tabs: after the suspenders are long enough, knit in 
connection with them a tab of 56 rows long; knit it so as 
to look pearled on both sides, narrow 1 stitch at beginning 
and end of 1st and 3rd round, making only 24 stitches, 






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after knitting 32nd row, divide tne stitches in halves and 
knit 14 rows on each half separately; this is for button 
hole, then connect again and knit 10 rows ; in the last 5 rows 
narrow 1st and last stitch. The tabs for the front are 
worked similarly, only they are joined on with buckles. 
Crochet a scallop round the edge in colored worsted. 


Knitted Rug , 

(Coarsest steel knitting needles. No. 8 white crochet cotton.) 

Take any small pieces of tapestry carpet and ravel them 
out; the ravellings must be about 2 inches long ; put them 
neatly in a box, so that you can pick them up easily. 

Cast on about 40 stitches, and knit once across plain, 
then pick up a piece of ravelling and knit it into a stitch, 
repeat this process throughout the row. 

3rd row—Knit back plain. 

4th row—Like 2nd. 

In knitting this ravelling in, put your needle into stitch, 
pick up ravelling, place it over needle, bring your cotton 
over needle also and draw the stitch both ravelling and 
cotton together. This may be knit any length you wish. 
This number of stitches will make a stripe 1-4 of a yard 
wide; you will need 2 stripes to make your rug wide 
enough. These rugs are very pretty, and quite useful to 
place before a bureau, or in an entry at foot of the stairs ; 
they look like Persian rugs when the colors are rich and 
well assorted ; when all finished trim them off even with 
sharp scissors. 





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Child's Sack . 

(White zephyr worsted.) 

Cast on 200 stitches. 

i st and 2nd rows—Plain. Throughout the knitting, 
slip the first stitch and knit the last plain. 

3rd row—Knit 1, throw the thread over, slip r, 
inserting the needle as though you were going to pearl the 
stitch; knit 12 rows in this manner, always knitting the 
stitch that was slipped in the last row together with the 
stitch formed by throwing the thread over, and slipping 
the stitch knit. 

13th and 14th rows—Plain. Cast off 45 stitches each 
side, leaving no stitches in middle, knit on these. 

15th row—Knit 1, throw thread over, slip 1. 

16th row—Knit 1, slip the thread thrown over, *knit 
2, slip the thread thrown over. Repeat from*, knit the 
last stitch plain. 

17th row—Throw thread over, slip, knit off thread 
; thrown over together with stitch beside it. 

18th row—2 plain, slip, throw thread over. 

19th row—Knit off thread thrown over together with 
stitch begide it, throw thread over, slip. Repeat 10 times 
the 15 and 19 rows, but in the last round of the 4th 
; repetition, knit off the 25th and 26th, 28th and 29th, the 
126th and 127th, 129 and 130th together with the thread 
l thrown over; in the 8th repetition narrow again at the 
same point in the same manner. After knitting it as far 
i as arm holes, separate the stitches, 22 end ones, and 46 
middle ones, on different needles, the 26 stitches left are 
to be cast off for arm holes. 

Now knit about 30 rows on each part separately, 
I widening in every 5th row, on the side nearest arm hole; 
when the arm hole is large enough, join the back and 

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front, and knit shoulders, narrowing every 2nd round, 
knit off together, crossed , the last 2 stitches, and the 
thread thrown over-beside them, of the right front and 
the back, and the 2 stitches of the back and the left front 
together with the thread thrown over; in every round, 
following a narrowing round, always pearl together the 
2 stitches of the last narrowings. After finishing 
shoulder knit 9 rows plain, cast off stitches and fold the 
last 5 rows over on sack for a collar. Commence the 
sleeves with 32 stitches, and on these, work back and 
forth, 15 rows like the first 15 rows of sack, and then 22 
times like the 15th and 19 rows of the sack, narrow a 
little if too wide, and sew them up, and into arm holes, 
sew on buttons and loops. 


Knitted Boot. 

(Grey yarn. 4 steel needles.) 

Cast on 272 stitches (under edge of boot). Knit 3 
rows of, pearl 2, knit 2. Then 76 rows plain knitting, in 
which in 1 line, which forms the front seam of boot, 
always knit 3 together, the stitches thus formed are the 
middle stitches ; always knit together, this, and the stitch 
before and after it; after this, follows 38 rows in which, 
knit 2, pearl 2, without narrowing, and cast off. Knit 
soles like directions given for Laby’s crochet boot. 





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Child's Knitted Reins . 

(White and red yarn.) 

Cast on 15 stitches, knit a half yard, then join on red, 
knit half yard, then white again, alternate in this manner 
until the reins are 2 yards long; these are to be knit plain, 
forward and back; when long enough, join, take a piece 
of kid about half a yard in length, and fasten onto reins, 
the ends being three-quarters of a yard apart, on this sew 
little bells. 


Knitted Balls. 

(White and blue split zephyr.) 

Cast on 24 stitches and knit alternate stripes of white 
and blue. 2 rows across in each, 24 stripes in the whole, 
join. Take a small pill-box, place a few common beans 
in it, and then wind a ball of common, coarse yarn or 
twine around it, draw the knitted piece over the ball, 
with needle and coarse thread draw the ends into shape, 
and fasten neatly with a short fringe of 8 or 9 pieces of 
worsted, an inch long, doubled and tied and sewed at 
each.end. 2 or 3 of these balls made of different colors 
and fastened together, placed on a cord with a rubber 
ring, make a pretty play-thing'for a child. 


Infant's Gaiter. 

(White Berlin wool.) 

Cast on 74 stitches with 4 needles ; knit 2, pearl 2, for 
25 rows. 

26th row—Make 1, slip 1, as if for pearling, knit 2 
together ; make an opening at the back, and work in this 
manner backwards and forwards, for 39 rows. In the 
40th and 41st rows, increase 1 at the beginning of the 
rows by knitting 2 stitches into I, Work ^ rows without 






increasing. Increase 46th and 47th rows; then work 
without increasing for 7 rows. In the 54th and 55th 
rows, decrease 1 at the beginning of each row by knitting 
2 together; then knit 6 rows, decrease in 62nd, 63rd, and 
64th, 6 rows without decreasing $ in 71st row decrease 
again, then 9 rows without. Sew up the back, and with 
the 4 needles, knit 3 plain rows. Take the 26 middle 
stitches on 1 needle for the front of gaiter, and knit 2, 
pearl 2 alternately in each row, for 28 rows ; then in -the 
beginning of the 29th, 30th, 31st and 32nd rows, decrease 
1. Cast off. Knit the back stitches on the needles with¬ 
out increasing or decreasing for 26 rows. Cast off. For 
the gore, connecting the front and back of the foot of 
gaiter, pick up the side stitches of the back, and work 18 
rows, alternately knit and pearl, decreasing 1 at the top 
of gore in each row. When decreased to 1 stitch, fasten 
off, and sew into front; sew on leather strap. 


Stripes for Sofa or Carriage Rug. 

(Double Berlin wool. Wooden needles.) 

Cast on 25 stitches. Knit a plain row. 

2nd row—Slip 1, knit 3, slip 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, 
pass the slipped stitch over the 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, 
slip 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over 
the 3, knit 3, slip 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, pass the 
slipped stitch over the 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, slip 1, 
knit 1, make 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over the 3, 
knit 4. 

3rd row—Slip 1, knit 3, pearl 2, pearl 2 together, pearl 
1, pearl 2 together, pearl 2, knit 3, pearl 2, pearl 2 
together, pearl 1, pearl 2 together, pearl 2, knit 4. 
Repeat jthese last 2 rows, the required length. 





Another . 


Cast on 17 stitches. 

1st row—Slip 1, knit 3, make 1, slip 1, as if for 
pearling, knit 1, make 1, slip 1, as if for pearling, knit 3, 
make 1, slip 1, knit 1, make 1, slip 1, knit 4. 

2nd row—Slip 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 
together, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, 
knit 4. 

Shetland Shawl. 

Cast on any number of stitches, according to the size 
you wish it, only, the number must be divisible by 11. 

1 st row—Slip 1, *knit 1, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 
together at the back, pearl 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, 
make 1. Repeat from*. End with, make 1, knit 1. 

2nd row—Slip 1, pearl 4, knit 1, * pearl 9, knit 1. 
Repeat from *. End with, pearl 6. 

3rd row—The same as 1st row. End with, knit 2 
together at the back, pearl 1, knit 1. 

4th row—Same as 2nd. 

5th row—Same as 1st. 

6th row—Same as 2nd. 

7th row—Same as 1st. 

8th row—Same as 2nd. 

9th row—Slip 1, knit 2, * make 1, knit 1, knit 2 
together at the back, pearl 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, 
make 1, knit 3. Repeat from*. End with, make 1, 
knit 2. 

10th row—Same as 2nd. 

nth row—Slip 1, knit 3, * make 1, knit 2 together at 
the back, pearl 1, knit 2 together, make knit 5. Repeat 
from *. End with, make 1, knit 3. 

12th row—Same as 2nd. 





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13th row—Slip r, knit 4, * make 1, slip 1, knit 2 
together, pass the slipped stitch over, make 1, knit 7* 
Repeat from*. End with, make 1, knit 4. 

14th row—Pearl. 

15th row—Slip 1, * pearl 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, 
make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together at the 
back. Repeat from*. End with, pearl 1. 

16th row—Slip 1, pearl 9, knit 1, pearl 9, end with, 
knit 1, pearl 1. 

17th, 19th and 21st rows—Like 15th. 

18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th and 26th rows—Like 16th. 

23rd row—Slip 1, * pearl 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, 
make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together at the 
back. Repeat from*. End with, pearl 1. 

25th row—Slip 1, * pearl 1, knit 2 together, make 1, 
knit 5, make 1, knit 2 together at back. Repeat from*. 
End with, knit 1. 

27th row—Slip 1, knit 2 together, * make 1, knit 7, 
make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch 
over. Repeat from*. End with, make 1, knit 2 together. 

28th row—Pearl. 

Crochet a border. 

1st row—Worn double crochet all round shawl. 

2nd row—1 treble, 4 chain, pass over 4. At corners 
pass over only 2, instead of 4 stitches. 

3rd row—1 treble on the top of last treble, * 2 chain, 1 
chain, 1 treble on the top of next treble, 1 chain, 1 treble 
in the same as last treble. Repeat from *. 

4th row—Double crochet in every stitch. 

5th row—Knit a lace and sew on. 

Lace.—Cast on 8 stitches. 

1st row—Slip 1, knit 2, make 1, pearl 2 together, knit 
1 at the back. 





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2nd row—Slip I, knit i, knit i, pearl i in the made 
stitch, knit 2, make i, pearl 2 together, knit 1. 

3rd row—Slip 1, knit 2, make 1, pearl 2 together, knit 
I, make 2, pearl 2 together, knit 1 at the back. 

4th row—Slip 1, proceed the same as 2nd row, only, 
instead of “knit 2,” knit 3. 

5th row—Same as 3rd, except knit 2, in place of knit 1. 

6th row—Same as 4th, only knit 4 instead of knit 3. 

7th row—Slip 1, knit 2, make 1, pearl 2 together, knit 
5, knit 1, at the back. 

8th row—Cast off 3, knit 4, make 1, pearl 2 together, 
knit 1. Repeat from 1st row. If the lace is not wide 
enough, pick up stitches on border side of lace and work 
a foundation, thus :— 

istrow—Pearl. 

2nd row—Slip 1, * make 1, slip 1, as if for pearling, 
knit 2 together, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over, 
make 1, knit 3. Repeat from *. 

3rd row—Pearl. 

4th row—Slip 1, make 1, knit 3, make 1, slip 1, as if 
for pearling, knit 2 together, slip 1, knit 1, pass the 
slipped stitch over. 

6th row—Same as 4th, except knit 2 instead of knit 3. 
End with, make 1, knit 1. 

7th row—Pearl. End with, pearl 2 together. 

8th row—same as 2nd. 

9th row—Pearl. 

10th row—Slip 1, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 
together, make 1, slip 1, as if for pearling, knit 2 together, 
slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over. 

nth row—Pearl. 

12th row—Same as 4th. 

13th row—Pearl. 




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14th row—Same as 6th. 

15th row—Same as 7th. 

16th, 17th and 18th rows—Plain knitting. 

Box-fat ter Rug. 

(Black, green, scarlet and white double berlin wool. Wooden needles No. 9 .) 

Each diamond is knitted separately and sewed together. 
Cast on 2 stitches. 

ist row—Knit i at the front and i at the back of the 
same stitch. 

2nd row—Slip i, as if for pearling, (slip all the stitches 
in this manner), knit i at the back and i at the front of 
the same stitch, knit i ; the increase is made in this 
manner in each row. 

3rd row—Slip 1, knit 3. 

4th row—Slip 1, knit 2, increase 1, knit 1. 

5th row—Same, except knit 3 instead of knit 2. 

6th row—Same, except knit 4 instead of knit 3. 

7th row—Plain knitting. 

8th row—Same as 6th, except knit 5 instead of knit 4. 

9th row—Same, except knit 6 instead of knit 5. 

10th row—Same, except knit 7 instead of knit 6. 

nth row—Plain knitting. 

12th row—Same as 10th, except knit 8 instead of knit 7. 

13th row—Same, except knit 9 instead of knit 8. 

14th row—Same, except knit 10 instead of knit 9. 

15th row—Plain. 

16th row—Same as 14th, except knit 11 instead of knit 
10. Proceed in this manner, every 3rd row being plain 
knitting, the others increasing 1 until you get to 27th row, 
(plain knitting) which is exactly half a diamond ; then 
decrease in the same manner, until only 1 is left. 

,28th row—Slip 1, knit 18, knit 2 together, knit 1. 





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31st row—Plain knitting. 

55th row—Knit 2 together, fasten off. When all the 
squares are joined together, line the rug. A thick worsted 
cord is sewn round. Sew 3 squares together, like top, 
front and side of box; the top must be a light shade, the 
front darker, and the side black. The next 3 squares 
must be arranged, top, black ; front, light; side, black or 
some dark shade of some color. 

The next like 1st. 

The 4th like 2nd. There are 4 blocks across the width 
and 8 in the length. 

Imitation Coral, 

(Red worsted braid. 2 steel needles.) 

Cast on 3 stitches, slip i, knit i. This makes a pretty 
neck-lace for child’s rubber ring, or for catch ups for short 
sleeves. 









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